India, Oct. 12 -- Kerala's Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Monday booked former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena, and son-in-law, Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M) lawmaker PA Mohammed Riyas, under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.

It registered two First Information Reports (FIRs) based on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) finding that Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) allegedly made monthly payments to Exalogic Solutions, the now-defunct firm of Veena, when Vijayan was the chief minister.

The Kerala high court on October 9 ordered the VACB to register an FIR and initiate an inquiry in the case on activist-lawyer KM Shajahan's petition seeking directions to charge Vijayan and othe...