Court allows ED access to SFIO documents in CMRL-Exalogic money laundering case

KOCHI: (Jun 8) A court in Kochi on Monday allowed the ED to obtain copies of documents collected by the SFIO in connection with a money laundering case linked to CMRL and involving former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, Veena T.

Ernakulam Additional District and Sessions Judge Suresh Babu VPM allowed a petition filed by the ED seeking copies of documents gathered by the SFIO, which had investigated alleged fictitious expenses admitted by CMRL before the Income Tax Settlement Commission.

The Enforcement Directorate had sought 134 documents collected by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office during its probe into Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd and Exalogic Solutions Private Limited, the IT consultancy firm owned by Veena.