The police team probing the Tripunithura extortion bid case will hand over the details of the assets owned by main accused Narayan Das to the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Investigations so far have revealed that Narayan Das amassed huge wealth not commensurate with his known sources of income. “A tenth standard dropout, Das managed to buy a prime property near the Pottayil temple at Eroor for Rs.55 lakh in 2011 and constructed a house worth Rs.2.5 crore in 2013. The cost of interior designing for the building is estimated to be well over Rs.50 lakh,” said Baiju Poulose, Circle Inspector of Police.
“We have started verifying details of his investments and bank transactions before 2013 as it may shed some light on his activities earlier,” the official added.
The police also found that the racket had trapped at least two persons in Kochi and extorted Rs.50 lakh from them. In fact, they had attempted to honey-trap about eight other businessmen in Kochi and a former Kerala cricketer but their plans fell flat due to slack responses from the targets.
An examination of the laptops seized from the accused and their phone conversations will also be conducted.
Meanwhile, a probe is on to trace out the woman who allegedly met Jasniya Beevi, wife of Sai Sankar, second accused in the case, before she committed suicide. “While a suicide note left by Jasniya makes no mention about any such persons, we got reports about a woman meeting her, possibly contributing to her decision to commit suicide. A follow-up probe is on,” the officials said.
Police found that the racket had trapped at least two persons and extorted Rs.50 lakh from them.
