Dollar smuggling case Permission needed for action inside Kerala assembly says Speaker

Kerala Assembly Speaker's office told Customs Department that the Speaker's permission is required to interrogate his Assistant Private Secretary K Ayyappan. K Ayyappan (Assistant Private Secretary to Speaker) was summoned by Customs Department, in connection with the dollar smuggling case. Speaking to media in Thiruvananthapuram on January 07, Kerala Legislative Assembly Speaker, P Sreeramakrishnan said, 'As per rules and procedures of Kerala Legislative Assembly which is derived from Constitution, it is clearly clarifying one thing. If you need to take any legal action in premises of assembly you have to get prior sanction from the speaker.'