ED ವರದಿಯ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಎಫ್ಐಆರ್ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ: ಕೇರಳ ಹೋಮ್ ಮಿನಿಸ್ಟರ್
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala stated that a First Information Report cannot be registered solely on the basis of an Enforcement Directorate report. The remark clarifies the state police's position on the evidentiary threshold required to initiate a criminal case, distinguishing between central agency findings and the independent satisfaction needed for an FIR.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said on Sunday that a First Information Report cannot be registered against Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena and her husband P.A. Mohamed Riyas solely on the basis of a proposal from the Enforcement Directorate in the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case. Speaking to reporters in Kozhikode, Chennithala said the state government had ordered a preliminary inquiry into the matter after receiving legal advice from the Advocate General (The Hindu).
Vijayan is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau. Veena is his daughter. Mohamed Riyas is a member of the CPI(M) state secretariat. The Enforcement Directorate had submitted a proposal seeking an FIR in connection with alleged payoffs involving CMRL and Exalogic, a firm linked to Veena. Chennithala said the government was not opposed to registering an FIR but had decided to first conduct a preliminary inquiry because there was a lack of clarity on certain aspects of the case. He added that the government had placed its stand before the High Court, where the matter is pending (The Hindu).
The Hindu