Even as the CPI(M) State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan alleged about a BJP-Congress conspiracy to derail the Kerala Government,  the Central investigating agencies, probing the gold smuggling, import of Quran and violation of protocols by a Minister, said that the Intelligence Wing of the Kerala Police was spying on them.

“Telephones of senior investigating officials are being tapped by the State Intelligence Wing reporting directly to the Chief Minister. They are keeping an eye on all out activities in the gold smuggling probe, Quran import case and drug trafficking probe,” a senior official in the investigating team told The Pioneer on Friday. He said though he or other officials in the team are not familiar with the nuances of telephone tapping, it is a truth that the State officials were resorting to all kinds of dirty tricks to keep track of the progress they make in the investigating. The Intelligence Bureau is closely following the  activities of their Kerala counterparts.

“It is routine and characteristic of the CPI(M) to ensure that their people are guarded and protected from the investigation. They feel that we  do not know of their antecedents. Swapna Suresh and her associate were taken to the Thrissur Medical College Hospital so that they could communicate with her through the mobile phones of the hospital staff. A minister (A C Moideen) reaching the hospital at that time was not a coincidence,” said the official.

The observations by the probe agencies come at a time when one of the junior officers of the Customs department Padmarajan Nambiar, a close relation of party secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, was identified as the person who leaked to the media a part of the statement made by Swapna Suresh to the Customs officials. Though he was transferred to another section and posted at the Kozhikode office, the move had put BJP’s top leadership including union minister of state V Muraleedharan on the defensive.