Thiruvananthapuram:

The situation involving the smuggling of 30 kg gold in Kerala will be taken about by the Countrywide Investigation Company, the Union Residence Ministry declared nowadays, saying the “organised smuggling operation may well have serious implications for national safety”.

The nod from the residence ministry arrived as a political firestorm raged in the condition over the circumstance, in which the opposition Congress has alleged the involvement of CPM Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s business office.

The gold, hid in a diplomatic offer connected to the United Arab Emirates consulate in the condition, was detected by the Customs Division at the Thiruvananthapuram airport on July 4.

The UAE reported it is investigating the case and “the culprits who sought to tarnish the status of the UAE mission in India will not be spared”.

A former worker at the UAE Consulate, Swapna Suresh, who was also a advertising and marketing officer for 1 of the companies linked to the Kerala government’s Facts Technologies section, is among the all those who staked declare to the gold. Chief Minister Vijayan has denied that his place of work has any relationship with the female.

“This controversial female in gold smuggling scenario has no relationship with the Chief Minister’s Business office or IT department. How can this new gold smuggling circumstance anyway connected to state authorities? The parcel did not appear to any of the condition federal government agency. The parcel came for UAE consulate. If there is any failure how can condition government be accountable? The point out governing administration has no position in it,” Mr Vijayan had stated.

Sources at the Main Minister’s Business office informed NDTV that the “agreement of the concerned human being has been terminated because the really serious allegations emerged”.