Kerala IAS officer in 7-day ED custody

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Updated At : 12:22 PM Oct 30, 2020 IST

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Kochi, October 29

A court here on Thursday granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seven-day custody of suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar, arrested by the agency probing the money trail in the Kerala gold smuggling case.

Sivasankar, who was arrested by the ED on Wednesday night, was produced before the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court on Thursday morning. The ED had sought 14-day custody of Sivasankar.

Earlier in its arrest order, the agency has claimed that Sivasankar has been guilty of an offence punishable under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The ED had arrested him on Wednesday night. — PTI

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