Kerala Gold Smuggling: IAS Officer's WhatsApp Chats Cited For Custody

Thursday, 29 October 2020Newsdesk

Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar's WhatsApp chats with the key accused in Kerala gold smuggling case - Swapna Suresh - were cited by the Enforcement Directorate today in a special court as the probe agency sought the custody of the former principal secretary of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, a day after his arrest. While the probe agency sought his custody for 14 days, the court granted a seven-day custody.

New Delhi, 29 October 2020

M Sivasankar was arrested on Wednesday night following several hours of questioning in the case, which has been at centre of the state's politics. "Sivasankar accepted to have spoken to a senior Customs officer and made the request as per the wishes to Swapna Suresh. This clearly shows your active involvement in the offences committed by Swapna. This also amounts to misuse of public office and interference in the official working of other government departments," the probe agency said in a statement to the special court for money laundering cases.

Source -NDTV