Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: High Court Scraps Police Cases Against Officials Of Probe Agency ED

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Scrapping the FIRs, the high court held that police should have approached the Special PMLA Court, which is considering the cases related to the money trail in the gold smuggling, seeking remedy to their grievances that the ED officials were fabricating evidences.

In a jolt to the CPI(M)-led LDF government, the Kerala High Court today scrapped the two FIRs registered by the state police against Enforcement Directorate officials for allegedly forcing key accused in the gold smuggling case to give statements against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Scrapping the police cases or FIRs, the high court held that police should have approached the Special PMLA Court, which is considering the cases related to the money trail in the gold smuggling, seeking remedy to their grievances that the ED officials were fabricating evidences. The court also directed the investigating officer to submit all information gathered in the matter to the PMLA court in a sealed cover. Justice VG Arun pronounced judgment in two pleas filed by Deputy Director of ED Kochi Zone, P Radhakrishnan.