The car believed to be used by airport gold smuggling suspect Arjun Ayanki was found hidden behind bushes on a hillock opposite the Pariyaram Medical College hospital in Kerala’s Kannur district, police said on Sunday.
The Kannur police on Sunday evening identified the car using its engine number as the number plates had been removed.
The case got more attention after, on the same day, five young people died in a road accident in Kozhikode’s Ramanattukara and it surfaced that they were linked to the gold smuggling case.
Kannur District Secretary MV Jayarajan had on Thursday called a press conference and openly distanced the party from those involved in the gold smuggling case.