CMRL-Exalogic payoff case raises legal, political challenges to govt., investigating agencies

The controversies involving Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), the firm facing allegations of money laundering involving former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena, and her husband P.A. Mohamed Riyas in the Exalogic pay-off case, have given way to legal and political challenges to the State government as well as investigating agencies.

The allegation that Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan, and other politicians too had received money from the CMRL surfaced on Thursday as the State government was all set to issue a notification on the formation of a special investigation team to probe the findings of the Directorate of Enforcement against the three in the money laundering case.