Businessman, researcher sue NCBA, State for Sh2bn in damages after five-year criminal case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the Kerala High Court that the State Police must register a First Information Report (FIR) to investigate the offences uncovered during the ED probe into the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case. The ED claims that while investigating the alleged offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA Act), they received information about a predicate offence that falls under the purview of the State Police.

The court observed that a preliminary enquiry is not required to register an FIR for the investigation of an alleged predicate offence, revealed during the ED probe under the PMLA Act. The case involves the alleged intentional enrichment of former Chief Minister of Kerala and Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan, abetment under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act), and money-laundering by his daughter Veena T. and son-in-law and former PWD Minister Shri Mohammed Riyas.

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