India, June 9 -- The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has summoned Veena T, daughter of former Kerala chief minister and veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) leader Pinarayi Vijayan, to appear for questioning at its zonal office in Kochi on Friday in connection with its probe into the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) monthly payoffs case.

The central agency has also asked at least eight top officials of CMRL, including its chairman Sasidharan Kartha, to turn up for questioning at the Kochi office the same day.

The move comes days after a division bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed a plea filed by CMRL challenging the ED investigation in the case. The division bench upheld a single judge bench order showing t...