The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Veena T, the daughter of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, for questioning in a money laundering case.
Veena had sought deferment of her first summons citing health issues, but the central agency has now asked her to depose on June 17 at the ED zonal office for questioning and recording of her statement.
The case is related to alleged financial transactions between her now defunct IT solutions company Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd and a Kerala-based sand mining company Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd.
Veena's premises were raided by the ED recently, and the agency is probing an allegation that Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd made fraudulent payments worth ₹2.78 crore to Exalogic Solutions under the guise of 'IT consultancy services.'
Another company operated by Sasidharan Kartha, the managing director of Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd, had also extended loans worth ₹50 lakh to Exalogic Solutions despite its failure to make timely repayments.
The PMLA case was filed in March 2024 after the ED took cognisance of a complaint registered by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office.
