NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is with a decisive move in the money laundering case in gold smuggling. The plea was filed to transfer the trial of the case to a court outside Kerala. The ED wants to transfer the case to Bengaluru. Kochi Zone Assistant Director of ED moved the Supreme Court with the demand. The ED’s new move was prompted by the concern that if the trial of the case was held in Kerala, the case would be sabotaged after influencing the witnesses. A decision was taken to file the plea in the Supreme Court after a meeting of top officials in this regard was held in the national capital.The gold and dollar smuggling cases gained new momentum after Swapna’s unexpected revelation recently. The state government expedited probe in the cases against Swapna. The ED is trying to transfer the cases which is under the consideration of the Ernakulam District Sessions Court to Bengaluru. Swapna Suresh, Sandeep Nair, Sivasankar and Sarith are the four accused in this case.
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