ED summons Pinarayi Vijayan for questioning on Oct 23 in CMRL-Exalogic case

Kochi, Oct 16 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former Kerala Chief Minister and Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan to appear for questioning at its Kochi office on October 23 in connection with the CMRL-Exalogic case involving alleged financial transactions linked to his daughter Veena T's company. The summons comes amid ongoing legal proceedings over a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) FIR in the case, which centres on payments made by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) to Exalogic Solutions during 2017-2019. The allegations concern whether the payments were backed by genuine services or amounted to illegal gratification. The charges…