Kochi: Former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar is not an accused in the gold smuggling case, affirms NIA. With this, the bureaucrat’s plea for anticipatory bail comes to a close.
In the court, NIA stated that it did not found Sivasankar guilty so far in their probe and hence a bail against anticipatory arrest is preposterous and need not be considered. The court accepted the argument and closed the matter - a move agreed to by Sivasankar’s lawyer as well.
