THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP state president K Surendran has raised serious allegations against speaker Sreeramakrishnan. Surendran who alleged that Speaker has helped in gold smuggling and his foreign trips are mysterious also said that certain other ministers have also facilitated for gold smuggling. He also said that it is shocking to know that political leaders have misused their positions to help underworld gangs. Surendran has put the government and party in a defenceless position when the first phase on the local body polls are ongoing.

Since the last few days, a prominent leader is involved in gold smuggling and dollar transfer case. K Surendran in the press meet held on Monday has said that the prominent leader involved in gold smuggling case bears the name of god. When media persons asked him to reveal the name of the leader, Surendran replied that it is better that the name come out naturally, and all names are the multiple titles given for god. He also told that the doesn’t believe that a non-cabinet member has assisted in gold smuggling, some important men in the cabinet have played a detrimental role in the gold smuggling case.

The role played by the prominent leader who occupies a constitutional post was revealed in the secret testimony given by Swapna Suresh and P S Sarith. Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala has also asked the chief minister to reveal the name of the high profile leader mentioned by ED in its report submitted before the court.

Central agencies are currently probing the 20 plus foreign trips carried out by the constitutional post occupying leader, to convert the illegal black money of many certain important persons associated with politics, cinema and bureaucratic fields, into dollars. Most of these trips were towards UAE. Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh has accompanied the ‘VIP leader’ in four of such trips.

The luggage of the leader, who enjoys legal immunity, was transferred through the green channel inside the flight, without any checking and the same was repeated in UAE. Only a few leaders in the state enjoys this privilege. Therefore, probe agencies suspect that the dollars were transferred using these special privileges. Central agencies are now probing the source of the money and to whom the smuggled money was transferred