By Express News Service
KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan failed to seem earlier than the Customs for interrogation a number of occasions, the company questioned him at his official residence in Thiruvananthapuram as a part of a probe to greenback smuggling case on Thursday.
The interrogation lasted for practically 5 hours and Sreeramakrishnan has been directed to seem earlier than the company once more if required.
The questioning of the Speaker was confirmed by his workplace as effectively. According to Customs sources, Sreeramakrishnan was directed to seem for interrogation on Thursday. However, citing medical causes, he didn’t flip up.
“As he frequently avoiding interrogation, our officers visited him at his official residence in Thiruvananthapuram. However, the entire interrogation procedure could not be completed. He has been informed to appear for questioning in the future. We will issue a notice for interrogation again,” sources mentioned.
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On Friday night, Speaker got here up with a Facebook video after there have been stories that he could commit suicide. Even although, he denied about suicide try however didn’t disclose about Customs interrogation.
It was the revelations made by accused individuals Swapna Suresh and Sarith PS that led to the interrogation of the Speaker. Swapna and Sarith had revealed that Sreeramakrishnan had handed over a bag containing currencies which had been handed over to diplomat of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram.
Both alleged that Speaker had investments in an academic establishment in Oman. Speaker had met a member of the Sharjah Royal household at Thiruvananthapuram for beginning an academic institute and getting land for it in Sharjah. Swapna additionally claimed that Speaker talked to her with filthy intentions.
The Dollar smuggling case was registered after Swapna revealed that Khalid Ali Shoukry former finance head of the UAE Consulate had smuggled out 1.9 lakh US Dollars from Thiruvananthapuram in August 2019.
The quantity was obtained as fee given by Unitac Builders for sanctioning the LIFE Mission challenge in Wadakkancherry. There are six accused individuals together with former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar within the case.
