: The Kochi police on Monday filed a charge sheet against the first five accused in the cocaine case, claiming that main accused Reshma Rangaswamy had been indulged in the purchase and sale of high-end drugs.
The charge sheet, filed before the Ernakulam Principal Sessions court, also entailed accounts of two witnesses to corroborate the charge.
One of the witnesses claimed that Reshma had sought Rs 30, 000 from him for purchasing the ‘stuff’ while the other witness said he used to invite his friends to purchase the drugs from her.
The police submitted that the flat from which the seven gram cocaine was seized, had been rented out by Blessy Silvester, the second accused.
The pictures in her phone showed that except for the 3rd accused, actor Shine Tom Chacko and sixth accused Okowe Chigozie Collins, the Nigerian drug peddler, the six others arrested in the case were part of a well-knit group.
Similarly, police found that Reshma was using her husband’s mobile phone even though they had been living separately.
Further, the police also recovered CCTV footage at apartment complex from which the accused persons were traced.
The flat ‘13 F’ of ‘Skyline Topas’ at Kadavanthra was registered in the name of Subaida Abdul Khader, a native of Padiyam in Thrissur and mother of businessman Muhammed Nisham.
As per the charge sheet accused persons were charged with section 21(b), 27(a) and 29 of NDPS Act.
Meanwhile, the cops were yet to trace the origin of seven grams of cocaine seized from Reshma and maintained that more investigation was required against the other accused.
