THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Recent reports claim that the NIA team investigating the gold smuggling case has sought CCTV footage from the Secretariat building. It is learnt that the NIA has written a letter to the Chief Secretary regarding this. Sources also said that Additional Secretary P Honey, who is in charge of housekeeping, was questioned by the NIA team.

It is learnt that NIA has demanded CCTV footage from all parts of the secretariat including visuals from M Sivasankar's office. Earlier, it was discovered that accused Swapna Suresh and Sarith had visited the offices of Sivasankar and some ministers several times. The letter was sent to the Chief Secretary by Thursday afternoon and a copy of the letter was handed over to the Chief Minister's office, sources said.