Both of them were also barred from leaving the country without prior permission from the court and must refrain from committing any similar offences during the bail period.
Kerala Gold smuggling case prime accused Suresh Thursday claimed the CPIM secretary offered her Rs 30 crore to leave the country if she did not stop speaking about CM Vijayan.
This month, ED arrested Sivasankar, the powerful ex-principal secretary of CM Pinarayi Vijayan, for his alleged role in a housing scam linked to infamous gold smuggling case.
The apex court however agreed to examine the legal question arising out of Kerala high court's verdict that held the offence of gold smuggling will not fall under UAPA.
Muhammed Mansoor, who was nabbed at the Calicut airport, had conspired with others to facilitate smuggling of gold through import cargo addressed to diplomats in India, as per NIA.
The court held that police should have approached the Special PMLA Court, which is looking over cases related to the money trail in the gold smuggling.
While pre-poll surveys have given LDF an edge, it is facing two storms apart from the gold smuggling case — deep sea trawling pact & 'love jihad' allegations by Syro-Malabar church.
Kerala police registered the FIR against ED officials for allegedly forcing Swapna Suresh, key accused in the gold smuggling case, to give statements against CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
Kerala Police had registered a case against ED officials for allegedly forcing a key accused in the gold smuggling case to give statements against CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
TV news channels assured viewers that once the cloud-seeding was completed, rain could be expected anytime. 'Jab chaho, baarish kar lo,' claimed Times Now Navbharat.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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