Monson used his top police connection to get accommodation in Police Club, DGP’s statement recorded

KOCHI: Kerala crime branch probing the antiquities fraud case of Monson Mavunkal, has recorded the statement of the state police chief Anil Kant. Monson called on the state police chief at the police headquarters soon after the latter took charge. Monson had arrived with the officials of the Pravasi Malayalee Federation. There were six people in the group. Anil Kant told the investigating team that he gave permission to see him as office bearers of the Pravasi Malayalee Federation were also there.

Before leaving the DGP’s office, Monson presented Anil Kant a gift and took a picture of that moment. The crime branch found out that the six people posed with the DGP but the other five were deleted from the picture and the final pic had only the face of Monson and the DGP.
Meanwhile, it has been informed that Monson used his police connection to get accommodation in the police club. Many evidence of Monson’s high-profile police involvement had surfaced earlier. The crime branch had the other day recorded the statement of former police chief Lokanath Behra, ADGP Manoj Abraham and IG G Lakshmana. Lakshmana's statement was recorded by the crime branch. The questions were sent via e-mail and the answers were received by the head of crime branch, S Sreejith.

Behra explained the circumstances for installing the beat box in Monson’s houses at Kaloor and Cherthala. Behra explained that he visited Monson’s museum not by the compulsion of anybody; he went there after seeing a post on social media. His statement said that he had directed the Intelligence wing then to probe Monson’s dealings as it smacked of something fishy. The pictures of Behra and Manoj Abraham examining Monson’s antiques had surfaced earlier. Monson had used these pictures for his fraud dealings.

Lakshmana is facing serious allegations including attempting to sabotage the investigation into a financial fraud case registered against Monson in Pandalam. The first plaintiffs also levelled serious allegations against the IG. Phone conversations earlier revealed that Monson had financial dealings with the IG. Anitha Pullayil had informed the IG about Monson's arrest. Based on this information, the crime branch recorded IG’s statement. Manoj Abraham was asked about circumstances that led to his visit to Monson’s house. It is reported that statements were also taken from other accused police officers.

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