Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala Chief Minister, is again in the eye of a stupendous corruption charge, the magnitude of which if found true can put him in real trouble.
Shone George, a whistle blower and BJP leader, charged Vijayan and his daughter Veena Mohammed Riyaz of corruption and financial irregularities worth crores of rupees in their dealings with Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd ( a Kochi based firm engaged in trading the mineral rich sand from the State’s beaches), SNC Lavlin (a Canadian Company) and Price Waterhouse Coopers, a leading financial advisory company.
Addressing reporters at Kochi on Wednesday, Shone George, son of veteran legislator P C George, charged that though CMRLhad traded in Rs 40,000 crore worth black sand from 2016 till date, the company has shown in its record that the trade was limited to Rs 700 crore.
“It was Exalogic Solutions, an IT company owned by Veena that facilitated in the trading of the sand and manipulation of accounts. I have collected all details and submitted it to the Ministry of corporate affairs, serious Fraud Investigation Agency and the Kerala High Court,” said Shone.
He stated that Exalogic Solutions had an account with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank where the minimum account maintained by the company during 2016-2019 was Rs 10 crore. “My request to all the central government departments is that the entire financial transactions of Exalogic Solution should be subjected to thorough probe,” said Shone.
The details of the bank account maintained by Exalogic Solutions should have been furnished to the Income Tax department. If this has not been done, it is a serious crime, according to Shone.
He dared the chief minister to file a defamation case against him of the allegations are found untrue. “There are cases against Price Waterhouse Cooper and SNC Lavlin for their dealings with Pinarayi Vijayan and the Supreme Court is hearing the case in which Kerala State Electricity Board is also a party,” said Shone.
He said Exalogic-PWC and SNC Lavlin link could throw more light into the goings on in the chief minister’s office.
He further said that the money flow from PWC to Exalogic was during 1st December 2018 to 30 November 2020, a period in which the contract was operational during the two companies.
