THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A gunman attached to the UAE Consulate who went missing since Thursday night has been found. The gunman identified as Jayaghosh was found with injuries on his hand. The police has shifted him to the hospital. It is believed that some crucial details would be obtained from him in the gold smuggling case. The relatives of Jayaghosh said he was feeling unsafe and jittery as he was threatened by some unknown people.

Reports have now surfaced that Swapna had called Jayaghosh early this month a few times.

In a related development, the UAE attache in the Consulate left here and reached Delhi and from there he has flown back to his home country.

The gold smuggling case which has large scale ramifications first surfaced when P S Sarith, a former employee of the UAE Consulate here, was arrested by the Customs on July 5 when he was facilitating smuggling of 30 kg gold in diplomatic baggage to Thiruvananthapuram from Dubai.

It turned murkier when the name of Swapna Suresh, a former employee of the UAE Consulate here and employed with the state IT Department, surfaced. The case turned full circle when their links with the second most powerful person in the Chief Minister's office -- his Principal Secretary M Sivasankar, were revealed.

Along with Sivasankar, another top official in the IT department, Arun Balachandran, has also been removed.