Swapna Suresh, an accused in the UAE diplomatic channel gold smuggling case, has said that she had received calls on Saturday threatening to kill her if she spoke of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his family members and former Minister K.T. Jaleel to investigators probing the case.
Following this, I had submitted a petition before State Police Chief Anil Kant along with screenshots and recording of the call. The threatening calls from a person, who said he was calling on behalf of Maradu Aneesh, a history sheeter, seemed to be aimed at derailing my deposition before the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
This was the first time that she was receiving such a threat directly from a phone. Such calls were earlier through the internet, she told mediapersons here on Sunday.
