Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s additional private secretary, CM Raveendran, appeared before the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday for questioning in connection with the gold smuggling case. Raveendran has already been summoned four times by the Central agency. He was cited for the first time last month but was …
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Vote counting in crucial elections of local bodies is underway like traditional political fronts: the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led the Left Democratic Front (LDF), Congress led the United Democratic Front (UDF) ) and the National Democratic Party led by the Bharatiya Janata Alliance, sat down with their breath …
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An audio clip, allegedly of gold smuggling indicted Swapna Suresh, saying that detectives from the Law Enforcement Directorate were forcing her to give a statement against Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sparked a dispute in the state on Thursday . The clip appeared on an online news portal Wednesday. DGP …
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Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s private secretary, M Sivasankar, and some officials from the CM office were aware of the smuggling activities, the Enforcement Directorate reported to the Kochi special court on Wednesday. This is the first time that the central agency has appointed the CM office in connection with the …
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Gold smuggling case: Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar was arrested on Wednesday. Thiruvananthapuram: Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar’s WhatsApp chats with the key defendant in the Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, were summoned today by the Directorate of Enforcement in a special court as the investigating agency sought custody …
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The Directorate of Enforcement detained former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s chief secretary M. Sivasankar on Wednesday for questioning regarding the prospect of money laundering from the gold smuggling case linked to the UAE consulate. His arrest was recorded around 10:15 p.m. after nearly seven hours of questioning by the investigation …
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M Sivasankar had been interrogated several times by the three central investigative agencies (Archive) Thiruvananthapuram: M Sivasankar, former senior secretary to Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has been arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement in an alleged money laundering case related to the gold smuggling case. The suspended agent was …
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The National Investigation Agency confirmed on Monday the arrest of key defendant Rabins K Hameed in the case of smuggling Kerala gold from Dubai. The investigative agency has accused Hameed of running the entire smuggling operation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “The investigation of the case has revealed that …
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The National Investigative Agency (NIA) investigating the Kerala gold smuggling case told a special court in Kochi on Wednesday that some of the defendants have ties to the Dawood Ibrahim gang and visited Tanzania several times where the underworld has an extensive network. The defendants had challenged the provisions of …
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Senior Official of the Administrative Service of India, M Sivasankar, who was secretary to Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, applied for advance bond from the Kerala High Court on Wednesday after being summoned by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) once more in relation to the gold smuggling case. He was …
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