Chief of the Congress in Kerala is charged in the Monson Mavunkal scam case
The second defendant in the Monson Mavunkal fake antique fraud case is Congress Kerala head K Sudhakaran, according to the Kerala Police’s Crime Branch.
The Crime Branch accused Sudhakaran of involvement in the crime in a report delivered on Monday before the Ernakulam Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court (ACJM court) in Kochi. It sent Sudhakaran a notice requesting his presence for interrogation at its headquarters in Kalamassery, Kochi, on Wednesday.
The photos of K Sudhakaran posing with Monson Mavunkal earlier in the story led to the discovery of the purported relationship between the KPCC head and the bogus antique merchant.
In their lawsuit against Monson Mavunkal for allegedly defrauding them of Rs. 10 crore, a group of persons claim that on November 22, 2018, they gave Mavunkal Rs. 25 lakh in Sudhakaran’s presence. The complainants alleged Mavunkal had treated Sudhakaran and claimed to be a cosmetologist.
Sudhakaran said that after seeing Mavunkal five times to seek therapy, he stopped. He denied having any business contacts with Mavunkal, however.
The Crime Branch detained Monson Mavunkal in September 2021 after he allegedly defrauded customers by selling fake antiquities and made false claims about his collection, including that it included the staff of Moses, two of the thirty silver coins taken by Judas, and the throne of Tipu Sultan. Mavunkal allegedly did this in order to win over influential people like politicians, movie stars, and top police officers.
Several prominent state police personnel, including former police chief Lokanath Behera, have been seen with Mavunkal in photos.It was also discovered that the con man’s Kochi home had been visited by ADGP Manoj Abraham and former IG G Lakshman.
