Relief for CM Vijayan, daughter, as Kerala HC dismisses the payoff case

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed two pleas seeking a probe by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department into the allegations that Veena Vijayan’s IT firm, Exalogic, got monthly gratification from a Kochi-based mining firm, Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL), for mining



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Veena is the daughter of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and the court gave its verdict after hearing two different pleas — one filed by Congress legislator Mathew Kuzhalnadan and the other by Kochi resident Gireesh Babu, who passed away last year.