Link with Monson places Cocon below scanner after MLA seeks probe

By Express News Service

KOCHI: The monetary transactions pertaining to Cocon — the worldwide cyber safety convention hosted by the Kerala Police — has come below the scanner after Thrikkakara MLA P T Thomas demanded an inquiry into how conman Monson Mavunkal and Italy-based Anitha Pullayil turned related to the occasion attended by senior officers of varied nationwide businesses, together with the National Technical Research Organisation.

Amid allegations that Monson had funded the convention to strengthen his hyperlinks with just a few senior cops, a Crime Branch workforce has began accumulating particulars on Monson’s affiliation with Cocon, which was held in Kochi in 2019. “It’s imperative that the government conducts a detailed probe on Monson’s association with Cocon. I have made a submission in this regard in the assembly,” Thomas mentioned.

Though there have been complaints on the police elevating funds from personal events for the conduct of Cocon, it was hushed up by senior officers to keep away from embarrassment to the police division. The intelligence wing had additionally warned the police higher-ups in regards to the shady assortment and diversion of funds in reference to the conduct of an earlier version of the cyber safety convention.

“Many officers had raised objections to the manner in which fund was collected from private parties as sponsorship for organising Cocon in the past few years as a gala event with cultural programmes,” mentioned a senior officer. Anitha Pullayil had instructed TNIE that she turned related to Cocon after she was given the duty of coordinating the cultural programmes as a part of the convention. 

Meanwhile, a gathering of the Ernakulam rural unit of the Kerala Police Officers Association handed a decision taking a dig on the hyperlinks of some cops with Monson. The decision referred to as upon officers to stay alert of fraudsters attempting to befriend them.

TV Samskara case: Crime Branch will get Monson’s custodyT’Puram: The Crime Branch Thiruvananthapuram unit has taken Monson Mavunkal into custody in reference to a case pertaining to defrauding buyers after posing as chairman of tv channel TV Samskara. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Kochi, had given Crime Branch three-day custody of Monson. Babu Madhav, MD of Signature Media Pvt Ltd, had filed the criticism towards Monson on June 18 final 12 months earlier than then state police chief Loknath Behera. Babu alleged that impersonating because the MD, Monson fleeced buyers off I1.5 crore by promoting the channel’s shares.

Bail plea dismissedKochi: A Justice of the Peace courtroom right here on Friday dismissed the bail petition filed by Monson for dishonest Kozhikode natives of over I10 crore. The courtroom whereas dismissing the bail plea discovered that if the accused was launched on bail now, it could have an effect on the investigation. Monson’s counsel submitted that it was a faux case.