Initial inquiry finds voice on tape is that of Swapna
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A preliminary inquiry by the Prisons and Correctional Services has reportedly concluded that there is a excessive probability that the voice on the ‘leaked audiotape’ seemingly crucial of the Enforcement Directorate’s strategies of investigation belonged to UAE gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh.
However, authorities dominated out the likelihood that the cellular phone recording had occurred after Swapna arrived on the Attakulangara Women’s Prison right here as a COFEPOSA detainee. An official mentioned Swapna appeared to recognise the voice on the tape as her personal. But, she couldn’t state clearly to whom she had spoken or when she had made the actual assertion.
Director-General of Prisons and Correctional Services Rishiraj Singh advised The Puucho that he had tasked the Cyber Investigation Unit of the State police to confirm the genuineness of the voice within the audio clip. Simultaneously, the Prisons Department has launched an inner inquiry to get to the underside of the controversy.
Mr. Singh mentioned that jail authorities had allowed solely Swapna’s mom, youngsters, brother and husband to go to her. They had met Swapna within the presence of jail wardens and Customs officers.
The Prisons Department ship purposes to go to Swapna to Customs for vetting earlier than granting permission. Jailors didn’t enable cell telephones contained in the jail precincts. The inner probe would additionally try to search out out if any individual or official had sneaked in a cellular phone into the jail for the COFEPOSA detainee to speak with the skin world slyly.
Mr. Singh mentioned he can be constrained to hunt authorized recourse towards BJP State president K. Surendran who alleged that the jail officers had recorded Swapna’s accusatory assertion on the behest of the federal government. He demanded that Mr. Surendran withdraw the declaration and render an unconditional public apology or put together himself to face the authorized aftermath.
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