CM Pinarayi Vijayan rejects UDF's demand for CBI probe in gold smuggling case

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan yesterday rejected the opposition Congress-led UDF's demand for a High Court-monitored CBI probe into the sensational gold smuggling case, in which a prime accused had levelled serious allegations against him, his family members, and some top officials.

Replying to a submission by Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan in the Assembly, Mr. Vijayan said,  the gold smuggling case was



completely the Centre's subject and does not fall under the purview of the State Government, and so it cannot make any request about which agency should probe the case.

The Chief Minister pointed out that several Central agencies are currently probing the case and if any of them felt any shortcomings in their present investigation, it was up to them to decide to hand over the case to others.