KOCHI: The statements of Swapna Suresh and Sarith, the accused in the gold smuggling case, were recorded. The statement was recorded by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Kochi. It is learned that Swapna Suresh's statement was recorded on the basis of a revelation she made to the media after her release from jail.

Swapna's revelation was that Sivashankar knew everything about the gold smuggling case. Sivashankar was not arraigned in the gold smuggling case before. In this case, NIA's aim is to examine how true Swapna's revelation really is. In her media interviews, Swapna revealed that she had followed Sivashankar's instructions from the day the smuggled gold was seized. She further added that everything from her voice clip that the government or the chief minister was not involved in the case to the voice clip of her claiming that she is being forced to say CM's name was the brainchild of Sivashankar.