NEW DELHI: Former Keralam chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of politically concentrating on him by its probe into alleged funds by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL).His remarks got here after the ED sought an FIR in opposition to Vijayan, his daughter Veena T and son-in-law P A Mohamed Riyas over alleged CMRL funds to Veena’s now-defunct agency, Exalogic Options.Vijayan, a senior CPM politburo member, was talking on the centenary celebrations of a cooperative financial institution when he criticised the ED’s intervention within the Karuvannur financial institution rip-off investigation.“Whereas the state police was taking motion in opposition to these accused of irregularities within the Karuvannur financial institution rip-off, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) intervened within the matter allegedly with the intention of constructing the CPM a offender,” he mentioned.Vijayan alleged that the central company had influenced individuals accused within the case by providing them the chance to turn out to be approvers.“They did so by influencing these accused of irregularities by affords of constructing them approver. Such individuals had been made to say issues that the ED wished them to say. The try was to discredit the state’s cooperative sector,” he alleged.He claimed the broader goal was to wreck the cooperative banking community within the state.“Their goal was to destroy the cooperative sector which has lakhs of crores of rupees with them. It was to not enhance the sector,” Vijayan mentioned.His remarks adopted an ED letter to DGP Ravada A Chandrasekhar looking for registration of an FIR in opposition to Vijayan, his daughter, son-in-law and others over alleged violations linked to the CMRL case.The ED has alleged that CMRL made fraudulent funds of Rs 2.78 crore to Veena’s now-defunct firm, Exalogic Options, purportedly for “IT consultancy providers”. The company had searched premises linked to Veena in June and later questioned her.Keralam chief minister V D Satheesan mentioned the ED’s request wouldn’t be rejected outright however would first endure authorized scrutiny.“We can not reject it merely as a result of ED has despatched it,” Satheesan mentioned, including that the federal government would look at “the seriousness of the allegations made by the ED”.
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Satheesan mentioned the letter contained “main allegations in opposition to Vijayan and others” and that “regulation will take its personal course”.On allegations that some ministers within the UDF authorities had beforehand acquired cash from CMRL, Satheesan mentioned political contributions had been a separate concern.“ED has not simply talked about receipt of cash from CMRL. There may be way more of their letter,” he mentioned.