Was offered bribe of ₹25 lakh: Kerala HC judge
Justice KT Shankaran, a Kerala High Court judge, on Monday said he was offered a bribe of ₹25 lakh in return for a favourable judgment for the accused in a 2015 gold smuggling case. Further, Shankaran announced that he was withdrawing from the case. The accused had allegedly smuggled 2,000 kilograms of gold in the state in under two years.