Following Enforcement Directorate raids on May 27 at the home of former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, which led to the seizure of documents and devices, new reports have highlighted alleged financial dealings involving his daughter Veena Vijayan. The Serious Fraud Investigation Office reportedly identified regular payments from twelve companies, including CMRL, to a firm linked to Veena, with no services provided in return. These transfers reportedly added crores to her accounts and prompted the raids.
Investigators have frozen accounts worth Rs 18.36 crore belonging to Veena across multiple banks, along with 242 other accounts connected to CMRL funds. The agency is examining transaction details confidentially. The ED plans to send Veena’s seized phone for forensic analysis to recover deleted data, with results to be presented in a PMLA court.
Critics have described the transactions as possible exchanges of political influence for financial benefits. Meanwhile, CPM leaders defended protests against the ED, calling the violence a natural response to perceived overreach and attributing the raids to a Congress-BJP arrangement.
