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The court granted her bail and it will consider the case on June 25.
CPM had given the nod to three leaders - former ministers Kadakampally Surendran and Thomas Isaac and former Speaker P Sivaramakrishnan - to move legally against Swapna a year ago.
Speaking to media Swapna said that she firmly stands by her allegations and claimed she does not know MV Govindan.
The police summoned her in the backdrop of the HC dismissing her petition seeking a directive to interrogate the accused at any of the police stations in Kochi instead of a station in Kannur district.
The case revolves around the alleged smuggling of Rs1.3 crore by a former officer of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram to Muscut in Oman.
A total of Rs 66.60 crore has been imposed on 44 accused, including two former diplomats of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram.
The directorate attached the movable and the immovable properties worth Rs 5.38 crore along with the bank balances held in Swapna Suresh's name.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had performed the operation with Air Customs.
The court also criticised the Enforcement Directorate for not arresting Swapna and Sarith in the first phase of the investigation.
The racket was busted with the seizure of gold worth about Rs 15 crore from the UAE Consulate's diplomatic baggage at the Thiruvananthapuram airport on July 5, 2020.
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