Thiruvananthapuram, July 2 (TIWN) The Congress-led opposition in Kerala on Saturday stepped up their protest against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan demanding to face a probe over the allegations levelled by Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in gold smuggling case.

The UDF top brass organised massive protests all across the state in the 14 district headquarters on Saturday.  At several places, the police had to use water cannons to disperse the protesters.  Present on the occasion were all the top leaders of the UDF at these 14 locations.  Last month confessing before a magistrate under Section 164 (5) of the Criminal Procedure Act, Swapna Suresh said that the Chief Minister, his wife and daughter were involved in smuggling currency and gold to and from Kerala.  Later, she revealed more things about the role of Vijayan and his family and said that first Vijayan said he never knew her, then said he has seen her with the UAE Consular general who came to visit him.  Swapna revealed that she was present at the official residence of Vijayan on numerous occasions and on some she was alone and held discussions on various topics.