The CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram has criticised a letter  that CPM State Secrtary Pinarayi Vijayan had sent to Lavlin in 1997.

Saying that the letter aroused suspicions, the court asked why a global tender was not called for to modernise electricity projects in the state. Further, the court also inquired whether a move was made to check if further discounts could be sourced on the loan.

Pinrayi's lawyer said that the Lavlin case was a move to defame him.