Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday accused central agencies of threatening and forcing state government officials to toe their line in the gold smuggling case and said that chief secretary Viswas Mehta has written to the Union Government about this.
Kerala Chief Secretary Vishwas Mehta has written to the Centre about the alleged harassment faced recently by a state government official from Customs and sought an unbiased and time-bound probe. The state Assistant Protocol Officer, M S Harikrishnan, had appeared before the customs officials at Kochi on January 5 following summons issued to him in connection with the sensational gold Smuggling case. On his return to the state capital on January 7, Harikrishnan had filed a report to the chief secretary about his ordeal before the customs officials, who he alleged had behaved in an "improper manner and threatened him".
He was asked to reply in a particular manner, failing which he would have to face the consequences, which would be serious, he was told. Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan on Wednesday informed the state assembly about the letter written by the chief secretary on a calling attention notice by V Joy (CPI-M).
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