CPIM Secretary Offered Rs 30 Cr, Gave Death Threats For Speaking About Kerala CM: Swapna Suresh

Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala Gold smuggling case, claimed that Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan was making projects in the state for his daughter Veena Vijayan.

File photos of Swapna Suresh, prime accused in the alleged Kerela Gold Smuggling scam & Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

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New Delhi: Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala Gold smuggling case, on Thursday claimed that she was receiving death threats from CPIM secretary Govindan Master. She alleged that he threatened her with dire consequences if she did not stop speaking about Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. According to her the ruling party's secretary also offered her a hefty amount of Rs 30 crore to leave the country and settle anywhere else.

"I started revealing the truth after I came to know the true color of M Shivshankar (former principal secretary to the Kerala CM). I got an anonymous phone call from a person called Vijay Pillai. He came for a settlement talk. He said to move out of Bangalore and leave the place. CPIM party secretary Govindan Master had told him to threaten me and leave the place. They asked me to stop speaking about Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter, and businessman Yussaf Ali. They offered me Rs 30 crore," she alleged in a Facebook live session, as quoted by news agency ANI.

Swapna stressed that she had no "personal agenda" against the Kerala Chief Minister while alleging that Master threatened to "finish" her life. According to her, he gave her 2 days to take a decision.

"Vijay Pillai threatened me and asked to leave the country. I have no personal agenda with CM Pinarayi Vijayan or his family, nor want to destruct his political career. I was clearly told that CPM secretary Govindan Master will finish my life. This person told me that he will give me 2 days to take a decision. I have sent details of his phone numbers and email address to my advocate," she alleged, as quoted by ANI. 

Swapna asserted she will continue to fight as she warned CM Vijayan against "threatening" her.

"I want to tell the CM on his face, I am going to fight till the end. I have people who trust me. If I am alive, I will expose your entire business empire and don't ever think or dare to threaten me. I'll expose to the world your real face," she said.

"I am not ready for any compromise and I am going to fight till the last breath. He (Vijay Pillai) clearly told me that Govindan Master will finish my life. I will give the full details such as photographs of the person to the media. I am not going to run away from Bangalore. I am here itself. Please pray for my life (sic)," Swapna added, as per ANI.

In October last year, Swapna Suresh accused Pinarayi Vijayan of making projects in the state for his daughter Veena Vijayan and for the future generations of his family in the guise of development.

"Chief Minister's projects making undue commissions and for building an empire for his daughter or for his family or for the future generations of his family in the disguise of development. It should not be Kerala's FON, it shouldn't be Kerala Fibre Optical Network, it should be Veena or Vijayan Fibre Optical Network," she had told ANI