In an affidavit filed in Kerala HC, Customs said Suresh has alleged that CM had a close connection with ex-Consul General of UAE and gave statements on illegal transactions of money.
During brief hearing, the bench asked ED as to how M Sivasankar, the former principal secretary to the Kerala chief minister, was involved in the gold smuggling case.
Despite the relief, Sivasankar will continue to be in jail as he was also arrested in connection with an alleged dollar-smuggling case by the Customs department.
Suresh and Sarith were former employees of the UAE consulate and had allegedly used their past connection to smuggle gold using the diplomatic channel, the official said.
The case emerged in July when gold, weighing over 30 kg, was seized by Customs from 'diplomatic baggage' that had landed at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
The alleged racket that spans India & the UAE has exposed a network of facilitators, financiers, black gold traders & former employees of UAE consulate.
Sivasankar Monday submitted an argument note in the court alleging that he was arraigned as an accused as he had refused to name a few political targets of the ED's choice.
The agency, probing the money trail in the case, arrested the former principal secretary to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan after the high court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea.
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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