Thiruvananthapuram: Former UAE Consul General and Attache will be charged in gold and dollar smuggling cases. The Foreign Ministry has approved the prosecution of Consul General Jamal al-Zabi and Attache Rashid Khamis Ali. This is only technical permission to file a charge sheet. They cannot be questioned.
Customs sought permission to prosecute the two after their involvement in gold and dollar smuggling became clear.
According to Swapna Suresh, ministers in the previous government were involved in dollar debt. The Consul General and Atasha need to be questioned to clarify the matter further. But it is not currently allowed.
