The Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate on Friday formally arrested Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, the two key accused in the sensational Kerala gold smuggling case.
Sivasankar was grilled for almost five hours by the NIA at the Police Club here on Thursday, but send back. He was also handed a notice to appear before the agency at its Kochi office next week.
Facing flak from the opposition in the gold smuggling case, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said the attack on the state government was a "planned campaign" to tarnish its image, as the NIA stepped up investigation carrying out raids in multiple locations.
Sarith PS, the prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case has been brought to a special court by National Investigation Team (NIA) on July 17 in Kochi.
Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the Chief Minister and IT secretary has been suspended from service. The decision was made based on the recommendations by a panel chaired by Chief Secretary Vishwas Mehta.
Senior IAS officer M Sivasankar, sacked principal secretary of KeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was questioned by Customs officers for nearly nine hours, till early Wednesday morning in the gold smuggling case.
Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, the two key accused, were sent to NIA custody for eight days by a special court in Kochi on Monday, a day after they were remanded by a NIA court on being broughtto Kochi from Bengaluru, from where they were arrested.
Special NIA court on Sunday sent accused Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair to 14-day remand. Swapna Suresh will go to a quarantine centre in Thrissur district and Sandeep Nair to a quarantine centre in Karukutty in Angamaly.
Two key accused in the sensational gold smuggling case in Kerala, Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, were taken into custody by the NIA from Bengaluru on Saturday, official sources said here.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the Thiruvananthapuram Airport gold smuggling case. The MHA said, “the organised smuggling operation may have serious implications for national security.”
The Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had on Wednesday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his "intervention for an effective investigation" into the seizure of gold worth crores of rupees from a "diplomatic baggage" at Thiruvananthapuram international airport.
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