Kerala police charge-sheet Swapna Suresh in fake degree certificate case
The Hindu
The case came to light in 2020, months after the Customs arrested Swapna on the charge of smuggling trade quantities of gold into the country via the UAE consulate’s diplomatic channel
The Cantonment police have charge-sheeted UAE gold case suspect Swapna Suresh for allegedly furnishing a fake degree certificate to gain employment in Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL), a State government-controlled public sector unit.
The police submitted their indictment at the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-III, Thiruvananthapuram, on Monday.
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The case came to light in 2020, months after the Customs arrested Swapna on the charge of smuggling trade quantities of gold into the country via the UAE consulate’s diplomatic channel.
The disclosure that Swapna had gained employment in a State-owned entity cast the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government under a cloud.
Congress and Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) highlighted Swapna’s posting as a classic case of nepotism.
The opposition politically exploited the disclosure to link higher-ups in the past administration to the gold smuggling case. The appointment scandal was a central talking point in the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections.
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