Tag : Revelation

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Wednesday witnessed a political storm over the startling revelations by Swapna Suresh, a key accused in the sensational gold-smuggling in the diplomatic bags case, with the state government allegedly using vigilance officials to pick up a co-accused and a complaint being lodged by an Left Democratic Front MLA seeking a probe into the "conspiracy" behind her allegations. The entire chain of events played out like the screenplay of a thriller movie starting with Swapna in the morning telling reporters outside her office in Palakkad that her allegations against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan came in the wake of threats to her life and not because of any personal or political agenda. Minutes after she concluded her press conference, she told a TV channel that her colleague Sarith PS, who also worked with her at HRDS India, had been kidnapped in broad daylight from her home by 3 or 4 unknown people. The Opposition continued its onslaught against the government over the issue and pressed for Vijayan's resignation. Continuing her attack against the government, Suresh alleged that Sarith has been "kidnapped" by some unknown people because of her revelations. "Earlier you asked what the threat was. Now, it is no longer threats, the attacks have started. HRDS India staff Sarith has been forcefully kidnapped from my home by 3 or 4 unknown people. They have started their attacks. Can you imagine that? I only spoke a little, did not speak in detail and already they have become scared. This is a signal of that. They are confessing on their own through such dirty tactics," she claimed after news of his alleged abduction came out. "Now you know the threats faced by me, my family and Sarith. People of Kerala need to r ...