Kerala CM's ex-secretary M. Sivasankar questioned by ED

KOCHI: The former principal secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, M. Sivasankar, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for five hours on Saturday in connection with the recent gold smuggling case before being let off at 9 p.m.

After expressing his inability to appear before the ED officials earlier in the day, Sivasankar changed his mind and presented himself before the officials at the ED office here at around 4 p.m.

This is the second time that the ED officials have questioned Sivasankar, who once used to be the most powerful official in the state by virtue of the post he held.

After questioning him alone, a joint questioning was done along with the three other people arrested in the gold smuggling case.

The gold smuggling case was unearthed when P.S. Sarith, a former employee of the UAE Consulate here, was arrested by the Customs department on July 5 when he was facilitating the smuggling of 30 kg gold in a diplomatic baggage to Thiruvananthapuram from Dubai. (IANS) 

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