The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh notice to Veena T, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, asking her to appear for questioning on June 29 in a money laundering case linked to mining company CMRL and her now-defunct IT firm.
This will be the second round of questioning of Veena by the central agency in the case, following her initial questioning on June 17 for over nine hours at the ED Kochi office.
According to ED sources, further questioning was deemed necessary after analysing Veena's statement and the evidence collected during the investigation.
The ED probe pertains to allegations that Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) made payments totalling ₹2.78 crore to Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd, owned by Veena, without receiving any services in return.
The agency has alleged that Veena and the management of CMRL generated 'proceeds of crime' through these transactions.
