Dollar smuggling case: K Ayyappan interrogated by Customs for 9 hours ANI | Updated: Jan 09, 2021 09:19 IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 9 (ANI): K Ayyappan, Assistant Private Secretary of the Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan was interrogated by Customs officials on Friday for nine hours in connection with a dollar smuggling case. I don t want to say anything because of my position, Ayyappan told reporters here after the interrogation.
Customs had issued a third notice to Ayyappan to appear before it on Thursday after he failed to appear before it the day before.
Ayyappan had informed the Department through the mail that he could not appear due to the busy schedule of the Kerala Assembly session beginning on Friday.
Kerala Dollar smuggling case: K Ayyappan appears before Customs ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 11:00 IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 8 (ANI): Assistant Private Secretary of the Kerala Assembly Speaker K Ayyappan on Friday morning appeared before the Customs for interrogation in the Dollar Smuggling case.
He arrived at the Commissionerate this morning in an auto-rickshaw.
Customs had issued a third notice to Ayyappan to appear before it on Thursday after he failed to appear before it the day before.
Ayyappan had informed the Department through mail that he could not appear due to the busy schedule of the Kerala Assembly session beginning today.
Updated Jan 08, 2021 | 14:08 IST
Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh and co-accused PS Sarith had deposed before Customs officials that the Speaker was allegedly involved in extending help in the dollars smuggling case. Kerala Assembly Speaker K Ayyappan | Photo Credit: ANI
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Assembly Speaker s Assistant Private Secretary K Ayyappan finally appeared before the Customs on Friday to depose regarding the gold smuggling and US dollar smuggling cases.
The agency had summoned him for questioning on January 5 but he did not comply and instead replied that he cannot appear on a phone call. The Customs officials then sent him an email and directed him to come for questioning, but he responded that he was busy owing to the Budget session and could not come.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 7 (ANI): Customs Department on Thursday issued a third notice to K Ayyappan to, Assistant Private Secretary of Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan asking him to appear before it's Kochi office tomorrow before 10 am in connection with Dollar Smuggling Case.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 6 (ANI): K Ayyappan, the Assistant Private Secretary of the Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan on Wednesday failed to appear before Customs Department, which had issued summons to him yesterday after he skipped appearing before it.