Thiruvananthapuram: Crime Branch investigation team has filed a fresh report against Swapna Suresh, the key accused in the case of gold smuggling through diplomatic baggage channel, in the Air India SATS case, here on Sunday.
As per the Crime Branch report, Swapna is the second accused in the Air India SATS case. The case is based on fraudulence, submitting fake complaints, and forging documents against another fellow employee named Shibu, while Swapna worked with the Air India SATS.
Binoy Jacob, also earlier with the Air India SATS, is the first accused in the case.
The Crime Branch investigation team has filed the report with the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Thiruvananthapuram, on Sunday. The charges include that for forging documents and impersonation, among others.
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Earlier this week, it was reported that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing the gold smuggling case is to cooperate with the Crime Branch in their investigation in the Air India SATS case, which also involves Swapna Suresh. The two agencies had agreed to share details and cooperate in the investigation process.
Besides filing a fake complaint against Shibu, Swapna had made other young women impersonate as others and record fake statements against Shibu, the Crime Branch investigation team discovered. Swapna was not listed as an accused in this case earlier. Now, the Crime Branch has filed a fresh report on the case enlisting her as the second accused in the Air India SATS case.
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