THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister's ex-IT Fellow Arun Balachandran has been removed from the Dream Kerala project. The action was taken by the state government in the wake of allegations raised against Arun in connection with the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case. It is learnt that Arun was removed from the project as per the chief minister's instruction.

The Dram Kerala project was launched by the state government to support and rehabilitate the expats that returned back to the state following the COVID crisis. The government has clarified that Arun was included in the executive committee of the project as the CM's IT Fellow.