Kerala officer quizzed in gold smuggling case

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Updated At : 12:53 PM Jul 29, 2020 IST

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Kochi, July 28

Suspended senior IAS officer M Sivasankar on Tuesday appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team probing the sensational gold smuggling case using diplomatic channel in Kerala.

This is the third time in the past one week that the NIA is grilling the officer, removed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the state IT Secretary after allegations of his link with a key woman accused (Swapna Suresh) in the case surfaced as attempts were made to smuggle gold through diplomatic baggage using the name of a person in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) consulate in Thiruvananthapuram on July 5. — PTI

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