Enforcement Directorate v Kerala Police : Live Updates From Kerala High Court Hearing

Solicitor General : She(Swapna) meant that as a woman she was alone, and no lady officer, whether from ED or local police was there.

Solicitor General : As a woman, does it make a difference if the lady officer is from ED or local police.

Justice Arun asks does the statement of Swapna's counsel mean that there was no lady officer from ED.

Solicitor General : The woman has made no complaint that she was pressurized.

SG : Truth has a strange way of coming out. The draftsman of the FIR forgot that the lady(Swapna Suresh) told the Court next day that no lady officers were there, and FIR is now registered on the basis of two lady officers!.

SG : Swapna Suresh had said on August 14 that she had no complaints. Her only complaint was that no lady officers were present. Kerala police FIR says women officers were there, who saw she being pressurized.

SG : The FIR says evidence has been fabricated. That is with respect to my evidence on which the Court has taken cognizance. Now another agency will examine if my evidence is correct!

SG : The informant of the impugned FIR is one Jeeji N, DySP, Admn and SHO, Crime Branch.

SG : From the recording of a judicial order I can show that the FIR is fabricated.

SG referring to a remand order which records Swapna's allegation that she was tortured in ED custody without the presence of women officers.

Kerala police now says lady officers were there to protect her, SG says.

SG : The allegation in the impugned FIR is that on 13th August, two lady officers saw that in our presence, she was pressurized to give the statement.

SG : This lady (Swapna Suresh) was in the custody of ED from August 5 to August 17, 2020. She's never complained.