ED Files Money Laundering Case Against Kerala CM’s Daughter

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money-laundering case against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan, her IT company and some others to probe alleged illegal payments made by a private mineral firm to her company.

According to reports, a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been registered to probe the allegations against Veena Vijayan. The ED is expected to issue summons to people involved in this alleged money laundering case.

This ED case against the Kerala CM’s daughter emerges from an income tax department investigation that alleged that a private company called Cochin Minerals And Rutile Ltd (CMRL) had illegally paid Rs 1.72 crore to Veena’s company in 2018 and 2019, even though it had not provided any service to CMRL.