Kerala: IAS Officer removed for links with gold smuggling .

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Principal secretary removed as State Secretary for having involvement in UAE gold smuggling.
M. Sivasankar, Principal secretary of state is accused of having connection with Swapna Suresh.

Now he has been removed as Principal Secretary to Kerala CM.

On Monday at Thiruvananthapuram airport, custom official had seized 30 kg of gold from a diplomatic bag worth of 15 crore rupees from UAE consulate former staff.

And the accused is identified as Swapna Suresh, she was executive secretary at the UAE consulate. She along with Sarith is under custody of custom officials.

M. Sivasankar was chairman of KSITIl ( Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited ) . Where Swapna was an operation manager .

Now, the government had removed Sivasankar as the state IT secretary .

The details about smuggling came from Sarith Kumar, former PRO of the consulate. He was arrested and remanded to custody by Chief Judicial Magistrate.

And after questioning Sarith, Swapna involvement came to light .

Further it is revealed that Swapna have a strong connection with Sivasankar. Sivasankar was allegedly a frequent visitor at her apartment.

And it also revealed that complete protocol was not followed while appointing Swapna at KSITIL.

UAE embassy in New Delhi tweeted '' The UAE Embassy, New Delhi: The authorities in the UAE have launched an investigation to find out who sent the cargo containing gold to the address of the UAE consulate''.

''The authorities have stressed that the culprits who not only committed a major crime but also sought to tarnish the reputation of the UAE mission in India will not be spared. We remain committed to cooperating with Indian authorities in getting to the root of the crime. 2/2'' - another tweet of UAE Embassy.