Police arrested four individuals for smuggling gold worth Rs 65 lakh by spraying it on trolley bags to evade security checks at Surat International Airport.
The incident took place in the DRI office in Seminary Hills on June 16. Meanwhile, a case of accidental death has been registered and further probe is underway.
Shashi Tharoor’s aide Shiv Kumar was caught taking gold from a person at the Delhi airport. Police have launched an investigation into the matter.
The arrested man has been identified as Mohabbat Ali, a resident of Rajasthan, who was also considered as the "most wanted" accused in the case.
The incident came to light during the course of an investigation related to various cases of smuggling of gold through the airport and Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai.
The NIA, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Customs conducted separate probes into the racket that was busted with the seizure of gold worth Rs 15 crore from the diplomatic baggage of the UAE Consulate at Thiruvananthapuram airport on July 5, 2020.
Earlier an autobiography, written by the then principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan - M. Sivasankar revealed that 'he never did any favour to Swapna' and also added that 'he never knew the iPhone that was gifted to him by her as part of a bribe'.
Swapna Suresh, who was arrested by the NIA on July 11, 2020, had been in judicial custody since then.
The Left government's May 7 notification appointing the CoI was stayed by Justice P B Suresh Kumar on a plea by the ED, represented by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, which had contended that the state was "incompetent" to order such an inquiry as the subject matter fell in Central list of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
Incidentally, now all eyes are on the Customs as they will be making the first move after they get a reply from the UAE Embassy as the final charge sheet would be submitted.
Swapna gave this statement before the ED Deputy Director, Kochi, on December 16, 2020, at Women's Jail in Attakulangara, Thiruvananthapuram.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against M Sivashankar, former Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a case related to money laundering. The charge sheet comprising more than a thousand pages was submitted before an Ernakulam ED court.
Sivasankar, former principal secretary to Kerala Chief Minister, arrested after six hours of interrogation.
Some of the accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case have links with the gang of Dawood Ibrahim, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court in Kochi on Wednesday.
Kerala Higher Education Minister KT Jaleel on Friday said that he was going to move forward without paying heed to the accusations surrounding his alleged involvement in the gold smuggling case.
Protest over Gold smuggling case continues in the southern state of Kerala.
The Kerala units of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stage protest in Thiruvananthapuram on September 09 night hours after Higher Education Minister KT Jaleel appeared before the Enforcement Directorate.
BJP leader Kummanam Rajasekharan on Kerala secretariat fire said it is very well planned move for "sabotaging files" in the Protocol Office.
Kerala Congress MLA VT Balram on August 25 demanded probe in the fire incident that broke out at the state secretariat.
A two-member National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has gone to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in connection with its probe into the Kerala gold smuggling case, sources said on Monday.
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