Kerala government orders police inquiry into ED report on Exalogic case

Kerala’s United Democratic Front government has ordered a police inquiry into an Enforcement Directorate report seeking action against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the Exalogic-CMRL case, The Hindu reported. Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the decision was shaped by what he described as legal prerequisites rather than political considerations. He cited Supreme Court judgments concerning the Enforcement Directorate’s ability to share information with law-enforcement agencies.

The order concerns a report from the Enforcement Directorate that sought action against Vijayan. The supplied material does not specify the precise allegations in the report, the scope of the proposed police inquiry or the officials who will conduct it. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has alleged that the government’s decision was political.

Chennithala rejected that interpretation and said the government’s action followed legal requirements. The available report does not give a timetable for the inquiry or record a response from Vijayan or other people named in connection with the Exalogic-CMRL matter.