Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday denied allegations of foreign money smuggling raised by Swapna Suresh, the accused within the gold smuggling case. He termed the allegations baseless and politically motivated.
“These allegations are portion of a political agenda. Such agendas are rejected by the folks. After a destroy, the identical archaic claims are repeated by the defendant within the case. There might be no longer a shred of facts in this,” CM VIjayan stated in an announcement.
“The scream government used to be the first to search files from the Centre for a coordinated and efficient investigation into the gold smuggling case. The scream also identified some official concerns about the modalities of the investigation,” he added.
The senior communist chief claimed that the identical unsubstantiated allegations are being revamped and over for political causes.
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“It’s particular that making such low-price allegations in opposition to folks which have been with folks within the public sphere for a really very long time and are transferring forward in public existence within the face of false allegations is portion of a conspiracy,” he stated.
“I am assured that our society will answer to folks that judge archaic allegations shall be mature to reap advantages. The oldsters will recognise and reject the baseless propaganda aimed at discrediting the Left Democratic Front [LDF] government which is working for the final construction and social welfare of Kerala,” the chief minister added.
Earlier within the day, accused Swapna Suresh, who had promised to fetch more revelations about the case, straight named CM Pinarayi Vijayan, his partner Kamala, daughter Veena, two high aides and one minister in reference to the case.
GOLD SMUGGLING CASE
On July 5, 2020, customs officers on the world airport in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram seized baggage containing gold weighing over 30 kg and valued at spherical Rs 15 crore. The gold used to be inside diplomatic baggage and addressed to the UAE consulate.
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