Conman Monson had plans to open archaeological museum in Kerala capital, says crime department

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Conman Monson Mavunkal had deliberate to open an archaeological museum in Thiruvananthapuram modelled on the museum at his Kochi residence, mentioned crime department sources. The crime department additionally discovered a cellular message despatched by Monson to Hariprasad, the primary accused within the TV Samskara channel case.

Monson testified to the probe group that he had tried to purchase the Samskara channel and had a plan to open a museum within the capital. As a part of this, Monson mentioned Rs 10 lakh was transferred to the channel by his Benami Joshi. Monson is presently in custody of the crime department in Thiruvananthapuram.

The interrogation continues for the second day in a case of cash laundering by falsely claiming to be the chairman of the channel. Monson was additionally taken to the workplace of Samskara channel at Kumarapuram and a sub-office at Karamana on Saturday as a part of proof assortment.

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The crime department has additionally written to the registration division and varied banks to examine whether or not Monson has any financial institution accounts on his benami identify. The group determined to probe after they discovered that he didn’t have cash in his personal checking account.

Meanwhile, the Income Tax division has additionally launched an investigation into the monetary fraud of Monson. In the primary section, the investigation will concentrate on Monson and his associates. The data of Monson’s monetary and financial institution transactions had been collected by the Income Tax investigation division. At the identical time, the Income Tax division will look into the monetary transactions of the complainants.

The crime department was granted custody of Monson on Friday in reference to the case. The crime department informed the court docket that there was a conspiracy within the incident they usually suspect extra culprits had been concerned. Monson’s bail utility was rejected by the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate court docket on Friday. He had requested bail in a case of archeological fraud and fraud and forgery in possession of the Beenachi property in Wayanad.