KOCHI: The Kochi Special Economic Crimes Court on Thursday rejected the Enforcement Directorate's application seeking the confidential statement of Swapna Suresh in the dollar smuggling case. The court ruled that Swapna's confidential statement cannot be given to the ED as the investigation in the dollar smuggling case is yet to be completed. The Customs had opposed handing over the confidential statement to the ED.

The Customs argued in the court that the Supreme Court had ordered that confidential statements should not be handed over to another investigative agency in a case where the probe is yet to get completed. The special court issued the order in view of this.