: Gold smuggling: Kerala government challenges court order quashing FIRs against ED officials #IndiaNEWS The Kerala government on Wednesday challenged the High Court’s order quashing two First Information

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Gold smuggling: Kerala government challenges court order quashing FIRs against ED officials #IndiaNEWS
The Kerala government on Wednesday challenged the High Court’s order quashing two First Information Reports filed against Enforcement Directorate officials in connection with the gold smuggling case, Live Law reported. The case involves the seizure of gold worth Rs 15 crore from diplomatic baggage in July last year. Customs officials had found the gold during the inspection of an air cargo consignment addressed to the Consular General of the United Arab Emirates in Thiruvananthapuram. Two former employees of the consulate – Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair – were found to be involved in the smuggling. The Enforcement Directorate had filed a chargesheet in the case in October. Suresh and Nair alleged that they were under pressure to implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case. After their accusations, the Kerala Police had filed the FIRs against unidentified Enforcement Directorate officials in March. On April 16, a single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court had quashed the FIRs. Justice VG Arun had said that the police should have approached a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court with its complaint against the ED officials, according to The Hindu. Also read:Kerala gold smuggling: High Court quashes two FIRs against Enforcement Directorate officialsIn its petition filed before a division bench on Thursday, the Kerala government said the...Read more

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