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Former principal secretary of Kerala CM appears before customs officials

By IndianMandarins- 15 Jul 2020
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Sacked as principal secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over alleged links in Gold smuggling case, IAS officer M Sivasankar has appeared before customs officials after being summoned.
He appeared before them shortly after being served notice by a three-member team of Customs officials at his homeat nearby Poojappura. The notice to the officer, who has gone on a year long leave after his name emerged in the case, asked him to cooperate in the probe.
Asked whether action would be taken against the official in the backdrop of the Customs summoning him, Vijayan said a panel headed by Chief Secretary Dr Vishwas Mehta was probing the charges against the bureaucrat and action would be taken, if he was found guilty. “As of now, there are no grounds for suspension.His phone records now show that he had contacts with the woman accused in the gold smuggling matter.

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