KOCHI: HRDS secretary Aji Krishnan levelled serious allegations against Shaj Kiran. He said that Shaj Kiran had sought help to bring fund from abroad.

Aji Krishnan said Shaj Kiran had reached the office in Palakkad one-and a-half months ago to discuss the use of crores of foreign fund of the Believers Church. There was a threat to sack Swapna from her job, revealed Krishnan.

While talking to a private channel, he said that the decision is to protect Swapna Suresh as an employee and a victim. It was alleged earlier that HRDS, an NGO affiliated with the Sangh Parivar, was behind the move of Swapna, the accused in the gold smuggling case.