Thiruvananthapuram: Suspicion is rife in the incident where Santosh Eppan handed over his mobile phone to get the Life Mission contract. The details of the five mobile phone owners were handed over to the Directorate of Mobile Company Enforcement. Santhosh Eppan was using expensive mobiles. The Enforcement Directorate has given permission to interrogate Swapna, Sarith, and Sandeep in jail in a money laundering case.
There was a big controversy over the mobile phone given by Santhosh to get the Life Mission contract. Santosh Eppan bought a total of seven mobile phones. Of these, the details of five owners were handed over to ED by mobile companies. The five are Praveen, owner of an advertising company, Padmanabha Sharma manager of Air Arabia, M Sivashankar, Santosh Eppan, and Consul General. The other two are Additional Protocol Officer Rajeevan and Jithu from Kollam.The ED clarified that no official notification has been received in their case. The phone that was originally given to the Consul General was returned and brought a new one instead. With this, Santosh Eepan used the returned phone. The phone is priced at Rs 1.19 lakh. Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and BJP state president K Surendran, however, said they knew who was using the phone. Meanwhile, the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court of the Enforcement Directorate has given permission to interrogate Swapna Sarith and Sandeep in jail.
