The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Veena T, daughter of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, for questioning in connection with its probe into the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) monthly payoffs case.
The central agency has also asked at least eight top officials of CMRL, including its chairman Sasidharan Kartha, to turn up for questioning at the Kochi office the same day.
This is the first time that Veena T, the founder of now-defunct IT firm Exalogic Solutions, has been summoned by the ED in the case.
The ED is investigating whether provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have been violated by CMRL, a chemicals manufacturer based in Kochi, with respect to the alleged fraudulent monthly payments to the tune of ₹2.78 crore it made to Exalogic and Veena.
