Kerala gold smuggling case: Former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar grilled for 9 hours

Senior IAS officer M Sivasankar, sacked principal secretary of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was questioned by Customs officers for nearly nine hours, till early Wednesday morning in the gold smuggling case.

The bureaucrat had appeared before the officials by around 5.15 pm on Tuesday shortly after being served notice summoning himto appear beforethe officers in connection with the ongoing investigation in the sensational case.

The marathon questioning went on till around 2.15 am this morning after which the official was escorted back to his home
by customs authorities.

The Customs is probing whether Sivasankar, who was also removed as IT secretary, had used his office to provide any help to key accused-- Sarith, Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair.

Sivasankar is presently on a year's leave.