Top Kerala news developments today – June 23, 2022

Listed here are the vital developments from Kerala to be careful for at this time

1. The Enforcement Directorate will query UAE gold case accused Swapna Suresh for the second straight day on Thursday. Swapna had whipped up a political storm after giving a sworn assertion in court docket linked to her public accusation that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his household had imported contraband “steel” and despatched international forex overseas sans customs inspection by way of the UAE consulate’s diplomatic mission.
2. A one-time speculator, extensively perceived because the sufferer of a sex-for-political patronage racket in the course of the earlier United Democratic Entrance (UDF) authorities, will give a sworn assertion in entrance of a Justice of the Peace in Thiruvananthapuram in reference to the police investigation into an alleged plot to defame Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. UAE gold case accused Swapna Suresh and Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) chief P. C. George are suspects within the crime registered at Cantonment police station. The CBI is investigating a galaxy of Congress leaders for suspected rape based mostly on the lady’s accusations in opposition to the earlier Oommen Chandy authorities.
3. The Kerala Excessive Courtroom will contemplate a plea by the 2 convicts within the Sister Abhaya homicide case looking for to droop the sentence of life time period awarded to them by a trial court docket. Fr. Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy are the appellants. Presently, they’re serving jail time after the trial court docket discovered them responsible of the homicide of the 22-year-old novitiate on the St. Pious Convent in Kottayam.
4. Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal’s state-wide friendship yatra to conclude at this time with a rally and public assembly on the Kozhikode seashore. The Thangal may also meet outstanding folks from numerous walks of life.
5. The prosecution witness within the Latvian vacationer rape homicide case turns hostile, trial continues at this time. The witness is an assistant chemical examiner who examined physique components and said no proof of murder or rape.