Kerala ex‑CM's daughter Veena Vijayan interrogated by Enforcement Directorate over CMRL‑Exalogic money‑laundering probe

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has questioned Veena T, daughter of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and director of Exalogic Solutions, for more than ten hours in Kochi. The interrogation focused on a money‑laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) involving alleged irregular consultancy payments from Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) to Exalogic.

The probe has been widened to examine whether the monthly payments, totalling roughly ₹2.78 crore between 2017 and 2020, were linked to favours or concessions granted to Exalogic by the state government during Vijayan’s first term. The ED has inspected Veena’s bank locker, questioned CMRL officials, and received documents from the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO). Veena, accompanied by her husband, Kerala minister P. A. Mohammed Riyas, maintains that the contract was regular, but investigators say her explanations have not satisfied them and she may be summoned again.