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The Enforcement Directorate connected Wednesday (May 27, 2026) raided the houses of erstwhile Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan successful Kannur and Thiruvananthapuram.
It is viewed arsenic a large escalation of a long-running enquiry into whether his girl and erstwhile IT consultant, Veena Vijayan’s present defunct firm, Exalogic, had received sizeable monthly retainers from Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), a backstage mining company, during the 2017-2021 play allegedly without rendering immoderate tangible service.
The ED hunt unfolded astatine 12 locations crossed the State, including the residence of the erstwhile Industries Minister and Ms. Veena’s husband, Muhammad Riyaz, successful Kannur, and the houses of the mining company’s promoters, among different localities.
ED officials, accompanied by equipped Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, were seen entering the hunt localities aboriginal Wednesday (May 27, 2026).
They cordoned disconnected the premises, including Mr. Vijayan’s precocious rented location astatine Bakery Junction successful Thiruvananthapuram. Mr Vijayan and his household were astatine location erstwhile the raid unfolded.
