Thiruvananthapuram: ED file the charge sheet against Chief Minister’s former Principal Secretary M Shivasankar, after 56 days of his arrest. This is ED’s second charge sheet in the money laundering case. The action comes two months after Shivasankar was arrested in the case. The CM’s former Principal Secretary was arrested on October 29. Though the charge sheet will be filed today, the probe into the benami and black money transactions against Shivasankar will continue.
Yesterday, ED had ordered for the confiscation of Shivasankar’s assets. Enforcement also seized Rs1 crore 80 lakhs from the bank lockers of Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, the main accused in the Trivandrum Gold Smuggling case.
The ED will also inform the court about the commencement of the investigation into the remaining assets of Shivasankar
