The Customs on Monday sought extension of custody of suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar arrested  in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case. It filed a petition in the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Economic Offences) court seeking a seven-day extension of departmental custody of the accused. The Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate claimed that key accused Swapna Suresh, during her custodial interrogation, has made revelations implicating Sivasankar in the currency smuggling case with strong links in the gold smuggling case. The agency submitted the court a copy of the statement made by Suresh under Section 108 of the Customs Act on November 27.

 The customs made the claim as the five-day custody of Sivasankar granted by the court ended on Monday.      The court posted for Tuesday the application seeking an extension of custody of Sivasankar.

Suresh and another accused in the gold smuggling case, Sarith PS, were also brought in the court as their five-day custody ended today.      They were arrested in connection with allegedly assisting a former employee of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram in smuggling USD 1,90,000 to Muscat from the capital city.

Considering a separate application from the Customs seeking seven more days extension of custody of both Suresh and Sarith, the court sent them to three more days custody.

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