Kerala gold smuggling case: Customs wants digital evidence collected from key accused

The customs department on September 4 submitted an application before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, seeking permission to interrogate Rameess KT, an accused in Kerala Gold Smuggling case.

The customs informed the court that they went to interrogate Ramees about his relation with Mohammed Anoop, who was earlier arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Bengaluru drug case.

The cutoms also sought the permission to get the digital evidence collected from Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, the key accused in the case. The Customs in its petition filed at the NIA Court said some of the digital evidence collected by the NIA from accused Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair is vital for its probe.

The court after hearing the Customs sought the NIA opinion on the matter. The NIA will file a report in this regard next week.

The agency had seized around six digital devices including their mobile phones and laptops, after NIA arrested Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair from Bengaluru on July 11.

The contents of these digital devices were retrieved by C-DAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) in Thiruvananthapuram.