The Supreme Court agreed to examine whether UAPA, a stringent anti-terror law, is applicable in gold smuggling cases
July 13, 2021Moving the resolution, UDF's Muslim League legislator M Ummer said the Speaker denigrated his office by allegedly supporting a smuggling racket
January 22, 2021The raid is related to the probe into the role of the chief minister’s additional private secretary CM Raveendran in sanctioning projects for ULCCS.
December 1, 2020In the audio clip that emerged on Wednesday, Swapna can be heard making allegations against ED. She was heard saying ED officers had attempted to coerce Swapna into giving a statement implicating chief minister Vijayan in her questionable financial transactions. She further alleged that the probe agency did not allow her to read through her statements.
November 20, 2020Appearing for the ED, S V Raju, the additional solicitor general of India, submitted that the money found in the bank lockers of Swapna Suresh was the kickbacks meant for Sivasankar
November 13, 2020In its report submitted at the Special Court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases in Kochi, the ED said Kerala chief minister's former principal secretary M Sivasankar and his team at the chief minister's office were fully aware of the smuggling of gold and other goods through the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram.
November 12, 2020Says he should only be interrogated between 9am & 6pm
October 30, 2020The suspended IAS officer who was undergoing treatment in the hospital was brought to the ED office in Kochi for interrogation. His arrest would be registered later, it is learnt.
October 29, 2020Speaking to the media here Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala said ever since the gold smuggling case surfaced, Vijayan has been saying that his office has no role in it at all.
October 27, 2020The agency has registered the case on Saturday after it was found that the duo allegedly smuggled 1.9 lakh US dollars from Kerala to the UAE.
October 19, 2020The probe agency told that court that links to diplomatic channels need to be examined further.
October 15, 2020Quoting Swapna Suresh, ED stated in the charge sheet that she was asked to meet MD, KSITIL (Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd) and the Special Officer Santhosh to understand her responsibilities at Space Park.
October 8, 2020The premier anti-terror agency grilled the minister for about nine hours. The minister who entered the NIA office in Kochi around 6 am came out at 4.55 pm, spending a marathon 11 hours inside the agency’s building.
September 18, 2020This is the first time that a minister in Kerala was being interrogated by a national agency in a case related to smuggling.
September 13, 2020ED is probing whether Bineesh Kodiyeri is involved in aiding the accused in both the cases. One of the accused reportedly stated that he had received financial aid from Bineesh.
September 10, 2020CCTV footages were examined in the presence of IT secretary Mohammed V Safirulla. The team first examined the server room of the general administrative department where the servers which collect CCTV visuals are kept.
September 2, 2020Chennithala said the secret link between CPI -M and BJP are very active and that is why the investigation into the case is going in snail’s pace. He urged that the probe agencies need to expedite the investigations in order to clear the doubts.
August 30, 2020