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posted by: Ashi Sadana
Last updated: July 02, 2023, 23:46 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India
In a Facebook post, the minister said that strict measures will be taken against all those responsible for falsely implicating her in the drug possession case (representative photo/News 18).
Earlier in the day, Kerala State Tax Minister MB Rajesh lamented that the woman – Sheela Sunny – had to be imprisoned for two and a half months for a crime she did not commit and the hardship she suffered as a woman. a result.
The Kerala government on Sunday deplored the arrest and imprisonment of a beauty salon owner for almost three months on charges of false drug possession, and suspended the excise officer in charge of the case.
A source in the Office of the Excise Commissioner confirmed the comment.
Earlier in the day, Kerala State Tax Minister MB Rajesh lamented that the woman – Sheila Sunny – had to be imprisoned for two and a half months for a crime she did not commit and the suffering she suffered as a result.
In a post on Facebook, the minister said that strict measures will be taken against all those responsible for falsely implicating her in the drug possession case.
He added that the state government will inform the relevant court of her innocence and steps will be taken to ensure that no one is subjected to such an experience again.
The minister further said that he offered his condolences to Sunny over the phone after bringing his plight to his attention.
He also said that Sunny expressed its satisfaction and gratitude for the steps taken by the government in this regard.
The government’s decision and the position of the minister came in the wake of laboratory results indicating that the materials seized from the beauty salon did not contain any narcotic substances.
Lab results said lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was not detected in the stamps in the packaging seized from her salon.
Chemical analysis of 12 “small, stamp-like, hard paper pieces weighing 0.160 grams” was carried out at the Department of Chemical Examiners Laboratory, Ernakulam.
The excise officials had arrested the woman on February 27 after raiding her beauty salon in Chalkody district of the state’s Thrissur district, on the basis of a complaint.
She was released on bail after two and a half months.
The woman told the media on Friday that she was “trapped” by someone and sought a detailed investigation to find out the real culprits behind it.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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