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From alleged payments to a company owned by the former Kerala Chief Minister’s daughter to parallel investigations by central agencies and a fresh FIR ordered by the Kerala High Court, here is how the case unfolded.

The one-week stay allows the former Keralam chief minister and two family members to approach a Kerala High Court division bench against an earlier order.

The former Keralam CM seeks protection from arrest after the High Court upheld the direction to register an FIR over alleged payments to his daughter's firm.

The agency asks the former Keralam chief minister to appear for questioning on October 23 over alleged money laundering.

The summons follows FIRs against Pinarayi Vijayan and family members over alleged payments to his daughter’s now-defunct company, Exalogic Solutions.

Earlier, former Keralam CM Pinarayi Vijayan challenged the Kerala High Court order directing an FIR in the alleged CMRL bribery case in the Supreme Court, seeking protection from coercive action.

Pinarayi Vijayan and kin, in their appeals, have claimed that they were not heard by the single judge before issuing the October 9 direction to lodge the FIR in the case.

The Kerala High Court had on October 9 directed registration of a case based on a report submitted by the Enforcement Directorate to the state police.

According to sources, the VACB's Special Investigation Unit-1 registered the cases following a Kerala High Court order dated October 9.

Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) director Manoj Abraham said that a special team will investigate the case.

The order follows a plea by advocate K M Shajahan, while the ED alleges Rs 2.78 crore in payments to Veena T’s now-defunct company were disguised as consultancy fees.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told Kerala High Court that its report could support an FIR, while the government argued that a preliminary inquiry was required before registration.

Chief Minister VD Satheesan is one among the several leaders from both the left and the right who have been featured on Kartha's list detailing amounts of money paid.

The state government has directed the formation of an SIT under the leadership of Crime Branch ADGP to probe the alleged bribery case.

The CPI(M) leader says the ED has changed its allegation against him and is attempting to use the law as a political weapon.

BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Pinarayi Vijayan should quit as Leader of Opposition over the ED's CMRL-linked case.

Vijayan termed the allegations that CMRL payments reached him through his daughter Veena as “shameful” and said that this will not damage his image.

VD Satheesan said that the Congress party does not have any double standards on the issue.

The central agency also named Pinarayi's daughter Veena and her husband MLA PA Mohammed Riyas in the case.

The former chief minister alleged that several accusations were being made against Veena solely because of her relationship with him.