Customs to arrest Sivasankar today

The Customs on Tuesday formally arrested suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case.

Sources said the sleuths from the Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate visited the jail where M Sivasankar is presently lodged here after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate probing the money trail in the gold smuggling case, this morning and recorded his arrest.

They said the central agency will move an application in the court seeking his custody.

The move comes a day after a special court for PMLA cases granted permission to the Customs to arrest M Sivasankar, who is currently in judicial custody, in connection with the sensational case.