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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the media, “The conduct of the IAS officer (Sivasankar) was found in violation of the service rules. He was suspended based on a report from a two-member committee headed by the chief secretary.”

The Kerala government on Thursday suspended senior IAS officer M Sivasankar, who was the principal secretary to the Chief Minister, over his alleged links with gold smuggling via diplomatic cargo to the UAE Consulate here.

Declaring the choice, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the media, “The lead of the IAS official (Sivasankar) was found infringing upon the administration rules. He was suspended dependent on a report from a two-part board of trustees headed by the main secretary. The departmental request against Sivasankar will proceed and additionally move will be made dependent on the request.”

Sivasankar, 57, was presented the IAS in 2000. After the pirating racket — being examined by the NIA and Customs — became exposed on July 5, Vijayan had expelled Sivasankar from his post. The choice to suspend him came two days after Customs addressed him for nine hours, looked through his premises, and found that he had kept up close connections with supposed individuals from the carrying racket.

After he was expelled as head secretary to the CM, Sivasankar had gone on leave. In any case, the Opposition had been requesting his suspension.

Sivasankar’s name came up after Customs captured Swapna Suresh, a previous official secretary at the UAE Consulate, regarding the seizure of 30 kg of gold from load routed to the Acting Consul-General. It was claimed that Sivasankar had meddled to get the payload discharged without the freedom of Customs. The test later found that Sivasankar had named Suresh in an administration element ridiculing standards and abusing his forces as an IT secretary. Customs additionally found that Sivasankar kept up close connections with Suresh and another blamed, Sarith PS.

The call detail record of the IAS official, which showed up on the media recently, indicated that Sivasankar had extensive discussions with Suresh and Sarith over the most recent three months.

It was likewise affirmed that they would meet at Sivasankar’s leased condo and that the level was masterminded by Arun Balachandran, who had filled in as the IT individual of the Chief Minister since 2017. He had filled in as Director (Marketing and Operations) at the High Power Digital Advisory Committee of the state government. After his name came up regarding the gold sneaking case, Balachandran was expelled as an IT individual of the CM. It was Sivasankar who had brought Balachandran to this post.

“The issue (Balachandran’s arrangement) is being investigated. There will be more activity. The IT colleagues were delegated according to the suggestions of a specialist board,” said Vijayan.

Resistance pioneer Ramesh Chennithala said the CM had to make a move against Sivasankar in the wake of understanding that the test would prompt him (Vijayan). “Sivasankar enjoyed national exercises with the intrigue of the Chief Minister. The test should cover the Chief Minister’s Office,” said Chennithala.