Kerala CM Aide M Sivasankar Gets Bail in Dollar Smuggling Case, Released from Jail after 'Intensive Probe'
4 years, 1 month ago

Kerala CM Aide M Sivasankar Gets Bail in Dollar Smuggling Case, Released from Jail after 'Intensive Probe'

News 18  

A court in Kerala on Wednesday granted bail to suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar in the dollar smuggling case, observing that the offence against him was “serious” in nature and “required intensive probe”. The dollar case had come to light during the probe into the gold smuggling racket in Kerala in which also Sivasankar is an accused. Prime accused in the gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh and Sarith P S are also allegedly involved in the dollar case and had already been arrested by the Customs. The Customs on January 8 had recorded the statement of Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan”s assistant private secretary in connection with the dollar smuggling case.

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No bail to Ranya Rao in gold smuggling case, court cites 'seriousness of charges'
2 weeks, 3 days ago

No bail to Ranya Rao in gold smuggling case, court cites 'seriousness of charges'

India Today  

The Special Court for Economic Offences denied bail to Kannada actor Ranya Rao in the gold smuggling case, saying the charges against her are serious. Ranya was arrested in a high-profile gold smuggling case and first applied for bail in the Magistrate Court, but her request was rejected. Ranya Rao was arrested on March 4, 2025. for allegedly attempting to …

Kerala HC moved seeking posting of special prosecutor in evidence-tampering case against Antony Raju
2 months, 1 week ago

Kerala HC moved seeking posting of special prosecutor in evidence-tampering case against Antony Raju

The Hindu  

I The Kerala High Court on Wednesday adjourned to January 23 hearing on a petition seeking appointment of a special public prosecutor for the conduct of a criminal case pending before the Nedumangad judicial magistrate court against MLA and former Transport Minister Antony Raju in connection with the tampering of evidence in a 1990 drug smuggling case. Later the police …

LIFE Mission Case : Supreme Court Extends Interim Bail Granted To M Sivasankar
1 year, 2 months ago

LIFE Mission Case : Supreme Court Extends Interim Bail Granted To M Sivasankar

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail granted earlier to M Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, who was arrested in connection with the LIFE Mission corruption case.A Division Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti passed the order, directing that the matter be listed next week.During the course of hearing, Sivasankar's. The …

Dollar smuggling case: Customs imposes penalty of ₹4.9 crore on six accused
1 year, 4 months ago

Dollar smuggling case: Customs imposes penalty of ₹4.9 crore on six accused

The Hindu  

The Customs has imposed a total penalty of ₹4.9 crore on the six accused in the dollar smuggling case involving a former diplomat of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. As per an order issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Kochi, under the Section 114 of the Customs Act, 1962 on October 30, 2023, Khaled Mohamed Ali Shoukry, former finance …

Swapna fined ₹6cr, Sivasankar ₹50L in Kerala gold smuggling case
1 year, 4 months ago

Swapna fined ₹6cr, Sivasankar ₹50L in Kerala gold smuggling case

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: The customs department has imposed a total fine of ₹66.6 crore on the 44 accused in the case related to the smuggling of gold through diplomatic baggage at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on July 5, 2020. Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, had told investigators that M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to chief minister …

Monson Mavunkal Case: Kerala High Court Allows Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed By Congress MP K.Sudhakaran, Ex-DIG S. Surendran
1 year, 7 months ago

Monson Mavunkal Case: Kerala High Court Allows Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed By Congress MP K.Sudhakaran, Ex-DIG S. Surendran

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday allowed the anticipatory bail applications filed by former DIG S Surendran and MP, President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee K. Sudhakaran, in the case pertaining to their alleged involvement in the cheating case involving controversial antique dealer Monson Mavunkal.The Single Judge Bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. made its interim order granting. The Kerala …

LIFE Mission case: SC adjourns Sivasankar’s bail plea
1 year, 8 months ago

LIFE Mission case: SC adjourns Sivasankar’s bail plea

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India on July 19 adjourned a plea for bail by M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister, who is facing money-laundering charges in a corruption case linked to the State-powered LIFE Mission housing project for the homeless. A Bench headed by Justice A.S. Bopanna agreed to defer the case after Solicitor General Tushar …

Kerala HC dismisses M Sivasankar's bail plea in Life Mission case
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala HC dismisses M Sivasankar's bail plea in Life Mission case

India Today  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of M Sivasankar, the former principal secretary of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a money-laundering case related to the alleged corruption in the Life Mission project, a housing scheme for the homeless. While dismissing the bail plea, the HC said, "The petitioner is a highly influential person closely associated with …

Kerala HC dismisses bail plea of Vijayan’s ex-secretary
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala HC dismisses bail plea of Vijayan’s ex-secretary

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of former principal secretary to chief minister M Sivasankar in money-laundering case related to the alleged corruption in Life Mission project, a housing scheme for the homeless. Kerala HC rejects CM’s former secretary’s bail plea in money laundering case. Alleged irregularities in Life Mission project came to light when central …

HC rejects the bail plea of Sivasankar
1 year, 11 months ago

HC rejects the bail plea of Sivasankar

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, in an money laundering Enforcement Directorate case in connection with the LIFE mission corruption case. However, his propensity to tamper with the evidence and to influence witnesses could be foreseeable, since “the petitioner is a person having very much influence …

Kerala HC dismisses bail plea of ex-secretary to CM in money laundering case
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala HC dismisses bail plea of ex-secretary to CM in money laundering case

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of former principal secretary to chief minister M Sivasankar in money laundering case related to the alleged corruption in Life Mission project, a housing scheme for the homeless. A special court dealing with money laundering cases had rejected his bail petition in March first week prompting him to move the …

Kerala HC rejects plea for ED, Customs probe against CM in gold smuggling case
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala HC rejects plea for ED, Customs probe against CM in gold smuggling case

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking a Customs and Enforcement Directorate probe into the alleged involvement of high-ranking political functionaries, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the gold smuggling through diplomatic bags case. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas rejected the petition by Aji Krishnan, the founder secretary of NGO Highrange Rural Development Society India, which had …

LIFE Mission Case| M Sivasankar Was Kingpin Who Orchestrated Money Laundering Since Beginning; ASGI Tells Kerala HC
2 years ago

LIFE Mission Case| M Sivasankar Was Kingpin Who Orchestrated Money Laundering Since Beginning; ASGI Tells Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Additional Solicitor General R. Sankaranarayanan told the Kerala High Court on Tuesday that the former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, M Sivasankar, is the kingpin, who orchestrated the money laundering and bribery since the very beginning, and that he could impede the investigation if released on bail. The Single Judge Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen was …

LIFE Mission case: ED arrests M. Sivasankar, to produce him before PMLA court today
2 years, 1 month ago

LIFE Mission case: ED arrests M. Sivasankar, to produce him before PMLA court today

The Hindu  

M. Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the Life Mission bribe case late on Tuesday night, will be produced before the Ernakulam District and Sessions Court in a short while. Santhosh Eapen, the managing director of the construction company which was selected for constructing the houses under the LIFE …

Kerala: ED arrests ex-bureaucrat over alleged corruption in housing scheme
2 years, 1 month ago

Kerala: ED arrests ex-bureaucrat over alleged corruption in housing scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former bureaucrat M Sivasankar after three-day questioning in connection with the alleged corruption in the Life Mission scheme for free houses for the homeless in Kerala. Sivasankar, a former principal secretary to the Kerala chief minister, earlier spent 100 days in jail in connection with the seizure of 30 kg of gold from a diplomatic …

Kerala HC upholds detention of man in gold smuggling case
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala HC upholds detention of man in gold smuggling case

India Today  

The Kerala High Court has upheld the detention of a man under the COFEPOSA Act in a gold smuggling case. Abdul Raoof, accused of smuggling gold worth over Rs 7 crore through the Cochin port by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in 2021, was detained under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act. In such circumstances, …

ED Can't Question Integrity Of Judiciary In Kerala : State, M Sivasankar Oppose Plea To Transfer Gold Smuggling Case Trial
2 years, 5 months ago

ED Can't Question Integrity Of Judiciary In Kerala : State, M Sivasankar Oppose Plea To Transfer Gold Smuggling Case Trial

Live Law  

The State of Kerala and M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister, have filed separate Counter affidavits in the Supreme Court in the Transfer Petition filed by Enforcement Directorate seeking transfer of the trial in the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case to the neighbouring state of Karnataka. Pointing out that the ED has completed the invesitgation and has …

Kerala gold smuggling case: SC seeks response from Kerala to transfer case to Karnataka
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case: SC seeks response from Kerala to transfer case to Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on October 10, 2022 sought a response from Kerala on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate to transfer the Kerala gold smuggling case to a court in neighbouring Karnataka. Lalit and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat impleaded the State of Kerala and asked it to file its reply by the end of the week and scheduled the case …

Sivasankar arraigned as the sixth accused in dollar smuggling case
2 years, 6 months ago

Sivasankar arraigned as the sixth accused in dollar smuggling case

The Hindu  

The Cochin Customs has arraigned senior bureaucrat M. Sivasankar as the sixth accused in a dollar smuggling case. Khaled Mohamed Ali Shoukry, former Finance Head, UAE Consulate, Thiruvananthapuram, P. S. Sarith, Swapna Suresh, Sandeep Nair and Santhosh Eappen are the other accused in a complaint filed before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Ernakulam, on Thursday. It was during the …

Transfer gold smuggling case to court outside Kerala, ED urges SC
2 years, 8 months ago

Transfer gold smuggling case to court outside Kerala, ED urges SC

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court with a plea to transfer the Kerala gold smuggling case to a court outside the State. The ED is conducting a probe based on the National Investigation Agency’s FIR against Sarith P.S., Swapna, Faisal Fareed and Sandeep Nair under the Unlawful Activities Act. Seizure at airport The smuggling racket was busted after …

Kerala gold smuggling case | Swapna Suresh accuses Crime Branch of harassment
2 years, 8 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case | Swapna Suresh accuses Crime Branch of harassment

The Hindu  

The diplomatic baggage gold smuggling case suspect, Swapna Suresh has accused the Kerala Crime Branch of harassing her and asking for documentary evidence, if at all available with her, against Veena Vijayan, daughter of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, instead of probing the conspiracy case registered against her. Talking to reporters in Kochi on Thursday, Ms. Swapna alleged that the …

Gold smuggling case: NGO claims 'crucification' by Kerala govt, sacks Swapna Suresh
2 years, 8 months ago

Gold smuggling case: NGO claims 'crucification' by Kerala govt, sacks Swapna Suresh

Firstpost  

Prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh has been terminated from her job by an NGO, alleging that the Kerala government was ‘crucifying’ the organisation for providing her employment. Palakkad : Prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh has been terminated from her job by an NGO with alleged RSS links, alleging that the Kerala government …

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case Prime Accused Swapna Suresh Writes to PM Modi, Seeks CBI Probe
2 years, 9 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case Prime Accused Swapna Suresh Writes to PM Modi, Seeks CBI Probe

News 18  

Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh has written to Prime minister Narendra Modi, requesting the his intervention in the case and that a CBI enquiry be conducted. In the letter to PM Modi, Swapna alleged that other principal secretary of the Kerala CM, M Sivasankar, the chief minister’s family members were directly involved in the scam. Swapna also …

Kerala gold smuggling case: Accused Swapna Suresh challenges MLA KT Jaleel, says will reveal crimes committed by him
2 years, 9 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case: Accused Swapna Suresh challenges MLA KT Jaleel, says will reveal crimes committed by him

Firstpost  

The gold smuggling case came to light after 30 kg of gold concealed in diplomatic baggage was seized at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport by the Customs Department on 5 July 2020 Kochi: Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh has come out strongly against MLA KT Jaleel days after the latter filed a conspiracy case against her. “I will file a …

Kerala gold smuggling case: Prime accused Swapna Suresh alleges involvement of Pinarayi Vijayan, his family
2 years, 9 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case: Prime accused Swapna Suresh alleges involvement of Pinarayi Vijayan, his family

Firstpost  

Swapna claimed that a baggage containing currency was sent to Vijayan when he was in Dubai in 2016 Kochi: Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case, on Tuesday revealed that she has declared in court about the involvement of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his wife and daughter in the matter. I have declared in the …

Kerala Gold smuggling case: ED summons Swapna Suresh to appear tomorrow
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala Gold smuggling case: ED summons Swapna Suresh to appear tomorrow

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case, and asked her to appear before its Kochi office on Wednesday at 11 am. The Kerala gold smuggling case pertains to the smuggling of gold in the state through diplomatic channels. Recently, Swapna Suresh had alleged that she was exploited and manipulated by …

Kerala gold smuggling case: ED summons key accused Swapna Suresh
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala gold smuggling case: ED summons key accused Swapna Suresh

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Swapna Suresh, the main accused in the gold smuggling case, to appear before it. Kerala gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in Bengaluru, on July 11, 2020. The summons come after Swapna Suresh made allegations against senior IAS officer and chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s former principal secretary M …

Kerala smuggling case returns to haunt govt
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala smuggling case returns to haunt govt

Hindustan Times  

Indian Administrative Service officer M Sivasankar will face disciplinary action, a Kerala government official said on Sunday, after the main accused in gold smuggling case said he was aware of her activities at a time when Sivasankar was principal secretary to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. IAS officer M Sivasankar Swapna Suresh, the main accused in the smuggling case, had on …

Kerala High Court To Continue Hearing Dileep's Pre-Arrest Bail Plea Tomorrow
3 years, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court To Continue Hearing Dileep's Pre-Arrest Bail Plea Tomorrow

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday posted for elaborate hearing tomorrow the anticipatory bail plea moved by actor Dileep and other accused in the alleged criminal conspiracy to kill police officers investigating the sensational 2017 sexual assault case.Dileep is facing trial as the alleged mastermind of the abduction and the sexual assault of a female actress in a moving car …

Actor Dileep's anticipatory bail plea hearing deferred
3 years, 2 months ago

Actor Dileep's anticipatory bail plea hearing deferred

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday posted for January 21 the hearing of the anticipatory bail plea of actor Dileep in the actress abduction case. All these fresh twists and turns surfaced early this month after film director Balachandra Kumar made fresh statements related to the case. The court proceedings were progressing smoothly for Dileep till Kumar made an …

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Upholds Continued Preventive Detention Of Accused Rabins Hameed Under COFEPOSA
3 years, 4 months ago

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Upholds Continued Preventive Detention Of Accused Rabins Hameed Under COFEPOSA

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the continued preventive detention of prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Rabins K Hameed under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act. "On a keen consideration of the issues raised in the above case, we hold, without any doubt that the impugned detention order is legal and the …

Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh released from jail
3 years, 4 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh released from jail

India TV News  

After spending 16 months behind bars, the prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, was released from jail on Saturday after spending 16 months behind bars. Earlier on November 2, Kerala High Court granted bail to Suresh in the case registered by National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Act. The Kerala gold smuggling case pertains to …

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Swapna Suresh And Others
3 years, 4 months ago

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Swapna Suresh And Others

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the accused, including prime accused Swapna Suresh and Sarith P.S. in the infamous gold smuggling case which had snowballed into a political controversy in the State with a condition to furnish a bail bond of Rs. Gold Smuggling Through Diplomatic Channel An Act Of Terrorism: NIA Argues Before Kerala High Court …

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Sandeep Nair Released from Jail, Claims ED Forced Him to Name CM
3 years, 5 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Sandeep Nair Released from Jail, Claims ED Forced Him to Name CM

News 18  

Thiruvananthapuram: The prime accused in the gold smuggling through diplomatic channel case, Sandeep Nair, was released from prison on Saturday and claimed the Enforcement Directorate had forced him to name Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former minister K T Jaleel and former Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan in the case, prompting CPI to say it only proved their stand that there was …

Gold Smuggling Attempt: Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Second Accused Arjun Ayanki
3 years, 7 months ago

Gold Smuggling Attempt: Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Second Accused Arjun Ayanki

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the second accused in the gold smuggling attempt, Arjun Ayanki, with stringent conditions, one of them being to surrender his original passport.Justice Shircy V allowed the bail plea in a matter where an attempt was made to smuggle gold through a carrier at the Karipur airport by a group of individuals. …

ISRO Espionage Conspiracy Case- Former DGP Siby Mathews Granted Anticipatory Bail By Sessions Court
3 years, 7 months ago

ISRO Espionage Conspiracy Case- Former DGP Siby Mathews Granted Anticipatory Bail By Sessions Court

Live Law  

A Sessions Court in Kerala on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former DGP Siby Mathews in the ISRO espionage case.Special CBI Judge Krishna Kumar has reserved the order in the petition filed by Siby Mathews last week.This comes ten days after a group of other accused in the matter were granted anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court. A Sessions …

Kerala High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Two Accused In ISRO Espionage Case
3 years, 8 months ago

Kerala High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Two Accused In ISRO Espionage Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday granted interim anticipatory bail to former police officers S. Vijayan and Thampi S. Durga in the ISRO espionage case for two weeks. The duo was accused of being a part of the conspiracy to falsely implicate, arrest and torture ISRO scientist NambI Narayanan for espionage.Justice Ashok Menon while passing the interim orders also extended …

Gold Smuggling Case: Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala High Court For Bail
3 years, 8 months ago

Gold Smuggling Case: Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala High Court For Bail

Live Law  

The prime accused in the gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh has approached the Kerala High Court with a bail application in the the FIR registered against her by the National Investigation Agency.Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman A. The prime accused in the gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh has approached the Kerala High Court with a bail application …

'No Malicious Motive To Subvert The Government': Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Aisha Sultana In Sedition Case
3 years, 9 months ago

'No Malicious Motive To Subvert The Government': Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Aisha Sultana In Sedition Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Friday allowed the anticipatory bail application filed by Aisha Sultana earlier this month. Justice Ashok Menon cited that prima facie, the applicant did not have a malicious motive to subvert the Government established by law by merely using the strong words to express her vehemence in disapproval of the subject under discussion. Administration's Arguments The …

Gold smuggling case: Kerala High Court quashes crime branch FIR against ED
3 years, 11 months ago

Gold smuggling case: Kerala High Court quashes crime branch FIR against ED

India Today  

The Kerala High Court on Friday quashed an FIR registered by the state crime branch against the enforcement directorate. Primary case was that the Enforcement Directorate team, which is probing the Kerala gold-smuggling case, forced Swapna Suresh to give false statements, and implicate chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case. The enforcement directorate had approached the Kerala High Court seeking …

Customs Records Statement of Kerala Assembly Speaker in Dollar Smuggling Case
3 years, 11 months ago

Customs Records Statement of Kerala Assembly Speaker in Dollar Smuggling Case

News 18  

The Customs, probing the dollar smuggling case, has recorded the statement of Kerala Assembly speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, at his official residence here. The central agency's action comes following the Speaker's refusal to appear before the probe team in Kochi despite being summoned thrice to record his statement in connection with the dollar smuggling case. Swapna Suresh, key accused in the …

No FIR Against CM Vijayan in Gold Smuggling: Cong Alleges Nexus Between BJP-led NDA and LDF Govts
4 years ago

No FIR Against CM Vijayan in Gold Smuggling: Cong Alleges Nexus Between BJP-led NDA and LDF Govts

News 18  

Attacking the ruling Left Front in poll-bound Kerala, the Congress on Monday alleged there seems to be some understanding between the BJP-led NDA and LDF governments due to which no FIR has been registered against the Chief Minister, three of his cabinet colleagues and the Assembly speaker in the gold smuggling case. "But Prime minister Narendra Modi and his government …

Gold smuggling case: Sivasankar fabricating evidence, ED tells SC
4 years ago

Gold smuggling case: Sivasankar fabricating evidence, ED tells SC

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has told the Supreme Court that former top civil servant and prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, M. Sivasankar, is fabricating evidence to prove that the probe officer is “exerting pressure” on accused Swapna Suresh to entangle Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case. “After coming out on bail, the respondent accused has been influencing …

Pinarayi Vijayan involved in Kerala dollar smuggling case, claims customs chief
4 years ago

Pinarayi Vijayan involved in Kerala dollar smuggling case, claims customs chief

Firstpost  

Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress on Friday termed as “shocking” Kerala gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh’s revelations against state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan that foreign currency was smuggled at their instance. The Customs, probing the case, claimed in the Kerala High Court on Friday that Suresh, prime accused in the gold smuggling case, has made “shocking revelations” …

Dollar Smuggling Case-Swapna Suresh Made Shocking Revelations About Chief Minister, Some Ministers And Speaker: Customs Tells Kerala High Court
4 years ago

Dollar Smuggling Case-Swapna Suresh Made Shocking Revelations About Chief Minister, Some Ministers And Speaker: Customs Tells Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Customs Deparment has told the Kerala High Court that the prime accused in gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, has made "shocking revelations" against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Speaker and three Ministers regarding smuggling of US Dollars in her statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC. "It is submitted that in the 108 Statement and 164 Statement the 1st respondent has …

Supreme Court Rejects ED's Plea To Stay Kerala HC Judgment Granting Bail To M Sivasankar IAS In Gold Smuggling Case; Issues Notice
4 years ago

Supreme Court Rejects ED's Plea To Stay Kerala HC Judgment Granting Bail To M Sivasankar IAS In Gold Smuggling Case; Issues Notice

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the bail granted to M Sivasankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, by the Kerala High Court in the gold smuggling case.Although Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, sought for a stay of the judgment, the bench …

Kerala CM Involved in Smuggling of Foreign Currency, Gold Racket Accused Revealed: Customs Chief to HC
4 years ago

Kerala CM Involved in Smuggling of Foreign Currency, Gold Racket Accused Revealed: Customs Chief to HC

News 18  

Customs commissioner Sumit Kumar, who is investigating the Kerala gold smuggling case, has made the startling claim in a court filing that prime accused Swapna Suresh has given a statement about smuggling of foreign currency at the instance of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Kumar told the High Court in his statement that Suresh, arrested in the case that has embroiled …

Former Kerala principal secretary M Sivasankarin gets bail in dollar smuggling case
4 years, 1 month ago

Former Kerala principal secretary M Sivasankarin gets bail in dollar smuggling case

Firstpost  

Kochi: A court in Kerala on Wednesday granted bail to suspended IAS officer M Sivasankarin the dollar smuggling case, observing that the offence against him was “serious” in nature and “required intensive probe”. The dollar case had come to light during the probe into the gold smuggling racket in Kerala in which also Sivasankar is an accused. Prime accused in …

Former Principal Secretary of Kerala CM Sivasankar Gets Bail In Dollar Smuggling case
4 years, 1 month ago

Former Principal Secretary of Kerala CM Sivasankar Gets Bail In Dollar Smuggling case

Live Law  

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate has granted Bail to Former Principal Secretary of Kerala Chief Minister M Sivasankar Gets Bail In Dollar Smuggling case.On January 25, the Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to M Sivasankar in the money laundering case registered by Enforcement Directorate in relation to the gold smuggling case.A single bench of Justice Ashok. Additional Chief Judicial …

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