Watch | Kerala Police Use Water Cannons As BJP Workers Hold Protest Against CM Vijayan Over Gold Smuggling Case

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Police used water cannons and tear gas to stop the members of BJP Yuva Morcha as the latter were protesting against CM Pinarayi Vijayan over the gold smuggling case

Kerala Gold Smuggling case

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New Delhi: Kerala Police used water cannons and tear gas to stop the members of BJP Yuva Morcha as the latter were protesting against CM Pinarayi Vijayan over the gold smuggling case. The protest was staged outside the state Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday demanding Vijayan's resignation from the post after the prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, levelled allegations against CM for his involvement in the smuggling case.

Earlier on Monday, Congress members showed black flags and marched towards the government guest house in Kannur, where Vijayan was residing. Police used water cannons to stop the angry protesters from entering the gues house. One the same day, two Congress workers managed to board the flight in which Vijayan was returning to Thiruvananthapuram from Kannur.

Kerala | Police use water cannons & tear gas as members of the BJP Yuva Morcha hold a protest against CM Pinarayi Vijayan over gold smuggling case, outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram pic.twitter.com/o1VuT86UnT

— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2022

The sensational gold smuggling case that had rocked Kerala before the Assembly polls last year has returned to haunt the ruling LDF with prime accused in the case, Swapna Suresh, on Tuesday levelling certain allegations against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his family members and some top bureaucrats.

While the Chief Minister dismissed as "baseless," Suresh's allegations of some sort of smuggling activities against him and the others, main opposition Congress demanded his resignation from the state's top post.