Kerala CM's principal secretary removed after govt staffer emerges key figure in gold smuggling racket
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Kerala govt is being criticised by opposition leaders as a day after a state IT department employee emerged as a key figure in the gold smuggling racket operating through the diplomatic cargo channel, the govt removed senior IAS official M Sivasankar as the principal secretary of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The involvement of Swapna Suresh, who had worked as manager with the Kerala State Information Technology embarrassed govt.