Swapna Suresh, the prime suspect and alleged kingpin of the crime syndicate behind gold smuggling in Kerala has been arrested by National Investigation Agency officials in Bengaluru on Saturday night.
She along with her aide Sandeep Nair, seen as the Benami of Swapna, were arrested by the NIA on Saturday night.
Questions are being raised about how she managed to cross Thiruvananthapuram which is under ‘triple lockdown’ and Kerala when the state borders have been shut.
Opposition parties have now trained their guns towards Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who is also the Home Minister of the state. BJP Kerala President K Surendran has mentioned that CM Pinarayi Vijayan has a lot to answer. The same was mentioned by BJP National General Secretary (Org) B.L. Santhosh.
Customs personnel on Sunday seized over 30 kgs of gold contained in a ‘diplomatic baggage’ that was meant for Consulate of the United Arab Emirates in the city, at the Thiruvananthapuram airport. Swapna Suresh, a former staff working as an operational manager at the UAE consulate in the city is alleged to be the kingpin of the crime syndicate behind this failed bid to smuggle gold.
Swapna will be taken to Kochi tomorrow and produced before the NIA court.
Swapna, Sandeep, Sarith and Fazil Fareed are the four accused in the gold smuggling case that has rattled Kerala.