Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 -- Seven years after a Kerala chief minister's office was roiled by a fraud in which one of the main accused was a well-connected woman, the current chief minister's office has been embroiled in a similar case. Swapna Suresh, a senior information technology consultant to the Kerala government was fired on Monday, a day after her role in the smuggling of gold through diplomatic channels came to light with the seizure of 30 kg of gold from the UAE, ostensibly being sent to its consulate in the state capital. Suresh, whose work experience includes stints at the UAE consulate, Air India, and the UAE airport, is fluent in Arabic, and has connections in high places, is allegedly the brain behind the scheme, and is on the run. An embarrassed chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan transferred his principal secretary M Sivasankar, who was close to Suresh. "The CM's principal secretary M Sivasankar has been transferred with immediate effect and his charge has been entrusted with Mir Mohammad IAS," a brief statement from the CM's office said....