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The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Veena Vijayan in the CMRL-linked money laundering case
June 12, 2026: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh summons to Veena T, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, directing her to appear for questioning on June 17 in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL). Veena was initially asked to appear before the agency’s Kochi unit on Friday, but sought more time through an email citing health-related reasons.
According to sources, the ED has now asked Veena to appear at its Kochi office at 10 am on June 17 and bring documents related to transactions involving her IT firm, Exalogic Solutions Private Limited. The agency is investigating allegations that CMRL paid ₹2.78 crore to Exalogic without receiving any services in return. The probe also covers a ₹50 lakh loan allegedly extended to Exalogic by Empower India Capital Investments Private Limited (EICPL), 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) before a court in Ernakulam in April 2025. Investigators allege that Veena and CMRL management generated “proceeds of crime” through the transactions under scrutiny. CMRL had earlier come under the scanner after an Income Tax Department raid in 2019 reportedly uncovered financial irregularities worth around ₹130 crore.