On Sunday, 30 kg of gold hidden in diplomatic luggage was seized at Thiruvananthapuram airport.
New Delhi:
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that India was in contact with United Arab Emirates authorities regarding the investigation into the gold smuggling case in Kerala.
“We are in contact with the authorities of the United Arab Emirates regarding the investigation into this case,” said MEA spokesman Anurag Srivastava. country.
A senior diplomat from the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram has returned to his country. Kerala’s political leadership has accused the Center of allowing the diplomat, a UAE consulate attaché, to leave the country at a time when an investigation is underway into the Kerala scam case.
Media reports said the development came shortly after two other people were arrested by investigative agencies in the Kerala gold smuggling scandal earlier today.
On July 7, authorities in the United Arab Emirates launched an investigation into the smuggling of gold over who sent the shipment containing gold to the address of the United Arab Emirates consulate in Thiruvananthapuram.
The embassy said the culprits not only committed a major crime but also “sought to tarnish the reputation of the UAE mission in India” and that they will not be spared.
“The UAE authorities have launched an investigation into who sent the shipment containing gold to the UAE consulate,” said the UAE embassy in New Delhi in a tweet.
“The authorities have stressed that the culprits who not only committed a major crime but who also sought to tarnish the reputation of the United Arab Emirates mission in India will not be spared. We remain committed to cooperating with the Indian authorities to find the source of the crime, “he added.
On Sunday, 30 kg of gold hidden in diplomatic baggage was seized at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport here by the Customs Department.
Swapna Suresh, who worked at Space Park and Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITL), is on the run after capturing gold at the airport while Sarith Kumar, who previously worked as a PRO at the UAE Consulate General ” s office, was arrested.
KSITL reports to the IT department, a portfolio owned by the Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan. She was ousted after being named the accused in the gold smuggling case.
Ms. Sivasankar, who was the chief secretary to the chief minister and was an IT secretary, was removed from office.
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