Exalogic case: Kuzhalnadan’s capricious move; demands court-led investigation

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader and Muvattupuzha MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan has requested a court-led investigation to look into the financial dealings of Veena Vijayan's IT firm 'Exalogic Solutions' and CMRL. Earlier, Kuzhalnadan moved to court seeking a vigilance probe into the incident. 

However, Kuzhalnadan changed his position while the petition about this case was being considered at the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court on Thursday. During the previous hearing, Kuzhalnadan had demanded that the vigilance department carry out the investigation instead of the court-led investigation. However, on Thursday, Kuzhalnadan backtracked from his earlier request and sought a court-led investigation.

The case involving Veena Vijayan’s company and CMRL was initially investigated by another agency. Thus, the vigilance department said that it could not take up the investigation of a case that was under the purview of another agency.