Gold and dollar smuggling cases: No further action on second FIR till April 8, Kerala govt. assures High Court
The Hindu
Petition challenges sessions court order letting Crime Branch question Sandeep Nair
The State government on Wednesday assured the High Court that no further steps would be taken till April 8 with respect to the investigation into the second FIR registered against certain unnamed officers of the Enforcement Director, Kochi, on the basis of a complaint by Sandeep Nair, one of the accused in the diplomatic gold and dollar smuggling cases. The assurance was given to Justice V.G. Arun when a new petition moved by P. Radhakrishnan, Deputy Director, ED, Kochi against the registration of the second FIR based on a complaint from Mr. Nair, came up for hearing. The petition also challenged a sessions court order allowing the Crime Branch to question and record the statement of Mr. Nair at the Central Prison in Thiruvananthapuram.
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