Smuggling Bust
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Kerala gold smuggling: Prime accused Swapna Suresh gets bail from High Court
She was booked under the Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act by the National Investigation Agency.
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Gold smuggling: Kerala government challenges court order quashing FIRs against ED officials
The officials allegedly coerced the prime accused to implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case.
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Kerala gold smuggling: High Court quashes two FIRs against Enforcement Directorate officials
The FIRs were lodged for allegedly coercing the prime accused in the case to testify against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Kerala gold smuggling: CM, three ministers were involved and received ‘kickbacks’, Customs tells HC
The Customs Department chief filed an affidavit in court, citing statements from prime accused Swapna Suresh.
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Kerala gold smuggling: Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar arrested by Enforcement Directorate
He was produced before the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court on Thursday morning, which sent him to the ED’s custody for seven days.
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Kerala gold smuggling: Suspended IAS officer taken into ED custody as HC rejects anticipatory bail
Officials alleged that M Sivasankar was aware of the activities of key accused Swapna Suresh and opposed his bail plea.
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Kerala gold smuggling: Accused suspected to have links with Dawood Ibrahim’s gang, NIA tells court
The central agency made the submission while strongly opposing the bail applications of all the seven accused in the case.
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Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA court sends three main accused to judicial custody till August 21
Swapna Suresh, one of the accused, claimed she had faced mental torture in prison, and her statement to customs officials was the result of this.
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Kerala gold smuggling case: Enforcement Directorate files money laundering complaint
The case has been registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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Kerala gold smuggling: NIA detains two accused in Bengaluru
Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair will be produced in a Bengaluru court to get a transit warrant and will later be taken to the NIA office in Kochi.
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Kerala gold smuggling: NIA files case against four accused under UAPA charges
Meanwhile, the Centre opposed the anticipatory bail plea filed by Swapna Prabha Suresh in Kerala High Court.
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Kerala gold smuggling: Centre permits NIA to investigate case after chief minister writes to PM Modi
Meanwhile, the counsel for Swapna Suresh, one of the accused in the case, moved the High Court seeking anticipatory bail for her.
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