The central agency directed Vivek to appear for questioning at its Kochi Zonal Office on 14 February, 2023, but he failed to comply.
Published Oct 11, 2025 | 1:11 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 11, 2025 | 1:11 PM
The Office of the Enforcement Directorate. (Supplied)
Synopsis: It stated that Vivek’s presence was “essential in the case being investigated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002,” and directed him to appear at 10.30 am on 14 February, 2023, with personal identification and financial documents, including Aadhaar, PAN, and bank account details.
Fresh trouble brews for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as a copy of a summons now in the open shows that his son, Vivek Kiran, had also been under the ED’s radar in 2023 over alleged irregularities in the Life Mission project.
The directive called for his appearance before investigators—but what happened afterward remains a mystery, with no record of further action by the agency.
The central agency directed Vivek to appear for questioning at its Kochi Zonal Office on 14 February, 2023, but he failed to comply.
#Kerala : Fresh trouble brews for Chief Minister #PinarayiVijayan as it emerges that his son, #VivekKiran, too had come under the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) scanner in 2023.
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The notice, issued by then Assistant Director PK Anand, carried reference number KCZO/2023/769 and was addressed to Vivek Kiran at Cliff House, the Chief Minister’s official residence in Thiruvananthapuram.
It stated that Vivek’s presence was “essential in the case being investigated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002,” and directed him to appear at 10.30 am on 14 February, 2023, with personal identification and financial documents, including Aadhaar, PAN, and bank account details.
The emergence of this 2023 summons adds fresh political heat for Chief Minister Vijayan, already under pressure as his daughter Veena Vijayan faces separate scrutiny by the ED in a money laundering case linked to an Income Tax case dating back to 2023.
According to which her now-defunct information technology firm, Exalogic Solutions Private Limited, received “illegal payment” of ₹1.72 crore from Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) in 2018-2019, although it had not provided any service.
Meanwhile, neither ED nor the Chief Minster has responded to this latest development.
(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Dileep V Kumar)
