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The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Veena Vijayan, daughter of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
June 21, 2026: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh notice to Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, directing her to appear for questioning on June 29 in a money laundering case linked to Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) and her now-defunct IT company, Exalogic Solutions. The summons comes after her first round of questioning on June 17, during which she was examined for more than nine hours at the ED’s Kochi office. Officials also inspected her bank lockers in Thiruvananthapuram on June 19 as part of the ongoing investigation.
According to ED sources, further questioning became necessary after investigators reviewed her statement and evidence gathered so far. The agency has also recorded statements from four other accused individuals connected to the case. The probe focuses on allegations that CMRL paid ₹2.78 crore to Exalogic Solutions without receiving any services in return. Investigators are also examining a ₹50 lakh loan allegedly provided to Exalogic by Empower India Capital Investments Pvt Ltd, a company linked to CMRL Managing Director Sasidharan Kartha.
The ED registered the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on a prosecution complaint filed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in April 2025. The SFIO alleged that Exalogic and CMRL entered into an arrangement involving payments without corresponding services. CMRL had earlier come under scrutiny following an Income Tax Department search in 2019 that reportedly uncovered financial irregularities, including suspected fictitious expenditure worth around ₹130 crore. The investigation remains ongoing.