Thiruvananthapuram:  As the latest reports, Swapna Suresh admitted to the smuggling of foreign currency at the instance of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan.

Swapna’s claims were included in an affidavit filed by the Customs department in the Kerala High Court. Her statement also names three other cabinet ministers of the state as well as CM’s former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar.

Swapna Suresh, the kingpin in the gold smuggling case, has now informed the Customs Department during her interrogation that Vijayan was very much involved in the gold and dollar smuggling cases and that he was in direct touch with the Consulate General.

She also stated that 3 other cabinet ministers, along with Kerala Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, were also involved in gold smuggling case, the Customs Department informed the Kerala High Court.

“Swapna Suresh was the mediator in the talks between the Chief Minister and the Consulate General as the CM does not understand or speak Arabic. Swapna’s statement states that the CM and ministers got crores of money as commission in the deal,” the customs affidavit said.

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