KOCHI: ED to question Swapna and Sivasankar together in connection with the gold smuggling case. The agency has approached the court seeking the custody of Swapna Suresh. ED has informed the court that her custody is essential to question about the illegal money kept in her locker.

ED has demanded three-day custody of Swapna Suresh. ED has also sought the custody of Sarith and Sandeep. ED’s plea will be considered by the court on Monday. The probe team has earlier suspected that Swapna might have given one of the iPhones received via Santhosh Eepan to Sivasankar. The probe team suspected such a move when they made a thorough examination of the documents. The phone costs about Rs 1 lakh.

Sivasankar has also given the IMEI number of all his phones. Santhosh Eepan has also given the details of the phones bought by him. The probe team after cross-examining all available evidence found out that the most expensive phone was given to Sivasankar.