The National Investigation Agency on Saturday detained Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, the two main suspects in the Kerala gold smuggling ...
The National Investigation Agency on Saturday detained Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, the two main suspects in the Kerala gold smuggling case, in Bengaluru, ANI reported. This came a day after the agency filed a first information report against four accused in the case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Another accused, Sarith, has been arrested by the Customs Department. The fourth suspect identified as Fazil Fareed is still on the run.
Both Suresh and Nair will be produced in a court in Bengaluru for getting a transit warrant and would later be taken to the NIA office in Kochi. “Accused Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair have been detained,” an official statement by the NIA said. “They are being examined and will be arrested in due course. They were detained from BTM Layout in Bengaluru.”
Kerala’s Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala alleged that the state police helped the accused, NDTV reported. “How can Swapna Suresh reach Bengaluru when there is a triple lockdown under way in Thiruvananthapuram city,” he asked. “It is evident that the police helped her.”
Kerala BJP President K Surendran also raised similar questions. “The NIA has arrested Swapna Suresh in record time, within two days of beginning the investigation,” he tweeted. “But who helped Swapna Suresh to flee Trivandrum which...
