KOCHI: Customs sources say that uncertainty looms over whether Vinodini Balakrishnan will appear before customs for interrogation. The department has not been notified yet whether she will appear before the department today.

Customs has found out that Vinodini Balakrishnan was using one of the iPhones purchased by Santhosh Eepan. The department has sent a notice summoning her today after this discovery. The department is currently probing how the phone given to the UAE consul general reached Vinodini’s hands.

Earlier she has responded that she didn’t know Santhosh Eeppan and has not received the phone from him. Santhosh Eepan also said that he doesn’t know Vinodini.