ED raids ex-Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s home in money-laundering case
3 min learnThiruvananthapuramUp to date: Might 27, 2026 10:22 AM IST
Pinarayi Vijayan ED raid: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday performed searches at 10 premises, together with that of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan as a part of its probe into the alleged unlawful funds made by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Restricted (CMRL) to his daughter Veena T’s IT firmExalogic Options.
In keeping with sources, searches are underway at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur and Bengaluru. The premises being searched embrace Vijayan’s rented home within the state capital, his home in Pinarayi, Kannur, his son-in-law Muhammed Riyas’s home in Kozhikode, and the residences of senior CMRL executives, together with managing director Sasidharan Kartha.
Whereas Vijayan, the chief of the CPI(M)-led Opposition within the Kerala Meeting, has but to react, celebration common secretary M A Child issued an announcement. “The CPI(M) denounces the ED raid on comrade Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence. This can be a focused assault on a prime Opposition chief by the BJP authorities. Such actions is not going to intimidate Vijayan or the CPI(M). Is the UDF authorities in Kerala complicit on this raid?” Child stated.
The ED searches got here a day after the Kerala Excessive Courtroom rejected CMRL’s petition to quash the central company’s proceedings.
The alleged fee rip-off surfaced in 2023 when Vijayan was the chief minister, following an income-tax (I-T) raid on CMRL premises. As per the I-T division, CMRL allegedly paid about Rs 1.72 crore to Exalogic between 2017-18 and 2018-19 beneath agreements for software program improvement, administration, and consultancy providers. The Interim Board of Settlement of the I-T division allegedly discovered that Exalogic didn’t present any service for the fee, terming the monetary transaction unlawful. Subsequently, the ED launched a money-laundering probe and questioned CMRL officers.
The Critical Fraud Investigation Workplace (SFIO) additionally examined wider CMRL monetary transactions. It was discovered that CMRL had allegedly made enormous funds to a number of politicians, who have been talked about as abbreviations within the paperwork seized by I-T officers. The beneficiaries allegedly included politicians from numerous events.
Elevating the ED probe in opposition to Veena, the Congress in Kerala had alleged that the central company beneath the BJP regime was not questioning Vijayan as a part of a CPI(M)-BJP deal. Through the just lately concluded Meeting elections, the Congress nationwide management had raised the difficulty to buttress the allegation of a CPI(M)-BJP deal.
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Throughout an election conference, Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, had stated that each one Opposition leaders combating the BJP have been dealing with circumstances and being interrogated by central companies. “I need to ask the individuals of Kerala why the BJP doesn’t assault the chief minister of Kerala. Why is the corruption case in opposition to the chief minister not going wherever? It’s the finest proof of the collusion between the BJP and the LDF,” he had stated.
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