The problems of Gold smuggling case accused M Sivasankar are not stopping. Former Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister, M Sivasankar, is not to be arrested till October 23, the Kerala High Court told the Customs Department on Monday. On the 23rd, the court will analyze Sivasankar's anticipatory bail in cases filed both by the Customs and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in connection to the gold smuggling case of Kerala. A leading daily reported that Justice Ashok Menon directed the Customs to file a counter-affidavit. 

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Sivasankar, who was on the edge of being arrested, had been hospitalized with chest pain and been under observation since Friday. On Monday, he moved a petition seeking anticipatory bail. He is now admitted at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, taken thereafter initially treated at the PRS Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. The High Court had previously granted him interim protection from arrest by the ED, till October 23.

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Advocate P Vijayabhanu who appeared for Sivasankar said that his client is willing to appear before any investigating agency, however, '600 hours of traveling for the purpose' had taken a toll on his health. After it was revealed that he had no cardiac issues, Sivasankar was found to have had a lumbar disc prolapse and got shifted to Medical College. Sivasankar’s name had cropped up in the gold smuggling case ever since it broke out in July and it came out that he knew one of the prime accused in the case, Swapna Suresh. He has since been questioned by all three national agencies – Customs, ED and National Investigating Agency (NIA) -- which are investigating different aspects of the case.

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