THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former minister K T Jaleel has come forward in response to Swapna Suresh’s revelations in the gold smuggling case. The truth will come out, even if it takes a while. All the conspiracies will fail one day, said Jaleel. May God forgive those who ran for my blood, he wrote in a Facebook post.

Swapna Suresh had come forward with her revelations following the release of some significant parts of the book ‘Aswathama, Just an elephant’ written by former principal secretary to the chief minister M Sivasankar.

The book says that Swapna had betrayed him and he was unaware of the gold smuggling. Following this, Swapna made her allegations before the TV channels. Sivashankar was aware of everything, she said.

Swapna had also said that she had only official relations with former minister K T Jaleel. ‘Consulate general and Jaleel were in a close relationship. I had no unofficial relation with him. I, myself, have not called any minister or MLA or personal assistants of ministers’, she said.