The CBI has initiated steps to make two accused-V S Suresh of Chalakudy and K M Saju of Kombanad- as approvers in the CIAL cargo fraud case.
The CBI filed an application before the court seeking permission in this regard. Following this, the Muvattupuzha Judicial First Class Magistrate Court recorded the confessional statements of the accused on January 21. According to the CBI, former Customs Assistant Commissioner and two other officials at the Cochin International Airport Ltd conspired to take away the electronic goods of a passenger by flouting the Customs norms. The accused K S Chandrasekharan, former Assistant Commissioner of Customs air cargo was arrested from his residence in Bangalore.
In 2008, Chandrasekharan, the-then Superintendent of Customs M P Savithri and the-then preventive officer P R P Panicker misappropriated three electronic items- a plasma TV, a sound system and mounting brackets worth `90,727.
26/02/13 P Ramdas/New Indian Express
