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

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31 March 2021 11:34 AM IST

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

    Kerala High Court starts hearing the petition filed by Dy Director of Enforcement Directorate challenging the FIR registered by Kerala Police alleging that ED forced gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh to give statements against CM.Follow this page for live...

    Kerala High Court starts hearing the petition filed by Dy Director of Enforcement Directorate challenging the FIR registered by Kerala Police alleging that ED forced gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh to give statements against CM.

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    • 31 March 2021 11:58 AM IST


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


    • 31 March 2021 11:57 AM IST


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


    • 31 March 2021 11:57 AM IST


      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.


    • 31 March 2021 11:55 AM IST


      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!.




    • 31 March 2021 11:54 AM IST


      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.


    • 31 March 2021 11:52 AM IST


      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!


    • 31 March 2021 11:52 AM IST


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


    • 31 March 2021 11:49 AM IST


      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.



    • 31 March 2021 11:48 AM IST


      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.


    • 31 March 2021 11:43 AM IST


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


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