KOCHI: M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the chief minister, has been indicted in the dollar smuggling case also.

Accused including Swapna Suresh had testified that they had smuggled dollars while travelling with Sivasankar four times. Sivasankar was aware of smuggling dollar and had told him that it was to invest abroad.

This is the second case of customs against Sivasankar. He is the 23rd accused in the gold smuggling case.

The customs obtained information that Sivasankar had intervened to convert Indian currency to dollars. However, Sivasankar has denied her statements.