Diplomatic channel gold smuggling caseThe Economic Offences Court, Ernakulam, will pronounce its decision on the bail application of M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, in the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case on Wednesday. The Customs could not produce any detail on how the accused allegedly aided or abetted the other accused or his modus operandi. The accused needed to know the offences charged against him to defend his case. He also pointed out that all the other accused in the case had been given statutory bail by the court. The purpose of the repeated visits to the UAE needed to be probed, he said.

Source: The Hindu December 29, 2020 19:48 UTC