Former Miss South India Shravya Sudhakar was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Nedumbassery gold smuggling case here on Monday. Shravya Sudhakar arrived at the CBI office in the afternoon, after the investigating agency issued summons to her for recording her statement.
According to CBI officials, during the investigation of the case, they had received information that the former beauty queen was familiar with Fayaz, the fourth accused in the case.
“We had received Call Record Details (CDR) of communication between Fayaz and Shravya. She also made several trips to Dubai which were suspected to have been arranged by Fayaz. She was called to the office for recording her statement with regard to her connections with Fayaz. She is cooperating with our procedure,” a CBI official said.
CBI officials added that the interrogation would continue on Tuesday also. However, they have no plan to arraign her as an accused in the case. Meanwhile, speaking to reporters after coming out of the CBI office, Shravya Sudhakar said that she knows Fayaz but she had no role in the gold-smuggling incident. “I know Fayaz well but I am not involved in any illegal activities,” she said.
Accused Seeks Bail
Hiromasa V Sebastine, fifth accused in the Karipur gold smuggling case, filed a bail petition before the Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court here on Monday. According to her, she was falsely trapped by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in the case.
Hiromasa submitted in the bail petition that she had no connection with Rahila, the fourth accused in the case, and the seizure of gold from both of them were different instances. She further submitted that the statement taken by the DRI under section 108 of the CrPC was false.