Swapna Suresh, the primary accused of the gold smuggling case in Kerala, had received a ₹3.68 crore commission from the Vadakanchery Life Mission Project, along with a few other top brass of the Consulate, the Enforcement Directorate informed. It was also said that an Egyptian citizen has also received this commission.
They had agreed to give the construction work to a contractor for a commission amounting to 20% of the project cost. The commission amount was fixed in a meeting between the company representatives and the accused persons at a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram. The Vadakkanchery Life Mission Project is aimed at building flats for the Kerala flood victims at a cost of ₹18 crores.
Swapna had also received ₹70 lakh in 2019 as a commission from the company that had acquired the contract for visa stamping at the consulate. She had also received $1000 commission for every kilogram of gold smuggled. This is in addition to $1000 commission for handing over the smuggled gold to the Consulate. Swapna and her accomplices also received ₹50,000 as additional remuneration for every successful smuggling bid.
Life Mission and Red Crescent had signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) for this project, which was handed over to the Enforcement Directorate on Monday.
Source: Janam TV