Live
- PIL in SC seeks direction to designate BMC as sole planning, sanctioning authority for Mumbai
- 3rd Test: Centuries from Head, Smith help dominant Australia feast on listless India
- AAP final list of 38 names in Delhi: Kejriwal, CM Atishi retain seats
- Tributes Paid to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on His Death Anniversary at CM Revanth Reddy's Residence
- In just one year, Bhajanlal govt wins hearts of people
- CM Chandrababu announces establishment of Potti Sriramulu Telugu University
- Sutume, Kissa win World 25K Kolkata; India's Gulveer makes course record
- US accounts for 18 per cent of Indian exports in FY24
- Will end Naxalism in Chhattisgarh by March 2026: Amit Shah
- Will gift one project daily to people during Jan Kalyan Parv
SFIO knocks on CMRL’s doors; expected to grill Vijayan’s daughter next
A week after the announcement that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) will commence its probe into Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter’s IT firm, the SFIO team on Monday began its inspection at the office of the mining company CMRL, in which the state-owned Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has a stake.
A week after the announcement that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) will commence its probe into Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter’s IT firm, the SFIO team on Monday began its inspection at the office of the mining company CMRL, in which the state-owned Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has a stake.
The SFIO team, led by Arun Kumar, began its inspection at CMRL’s corporate office in Aluva.
The SFIO was acting on the findings of the preliminary probe by the Registrar of Companies (ROC). Prior to the ROC investigation, this issue was first raised by Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan on the basis of a media report.
The media report had quoted an Income Tax Department officer as saying that Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan’s IT firm Exalogic had received Rs 1.72 crore from the mining company CMRL, in which the KSIDC has a stake.
At that time Vijayan and the entire top leadership of the CPI-M trashed the report as politically-motivated.
However, now, with the SFIO reaching the office of CMRL, the next stop would be Veena Vijayan as she is the sole director of Exalogic, which is temporarily closed.
The SFIO team is also expected to reach the KSIDC’s office soon.
