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The Department has also sought a Crime Branch probe into the fraud.
Facing public pressure, CPM's Mylapra branch secretary Saju Manidas, who is also an employee of the bank, said he would resign from the post.
The Government had ordered an investigation into Sreelekha’s accusations based on complaints from the Forensic lab officials and the senior IPS officers.
The decision was taken as the investigation team failed to identify the culprit, even after 23 days since the incident.
Mithun Vishwambharan, 33, had been on the run after escaping from the police custody while being taken out in handcuff for evidence-collection.
The request of the Crime Branch probe team seeking three more weeks' time for the submission of the further probe report was turned down by the court.
In response to Swapna's allegations, former minister KT Jaleel filed a case alleging the whole episode was a conspiracy hatched by Swapna, former MLA PC George and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Siddique was questioned by the Crime Branch on Tuesday over his alleged links to the accused in the 2017 case.
The plea was rejected after Swpana's lawyer pointed out that the statements made by her cannot be revealed to a third person/party under any circumstance as per law.
The petition alleged that the trial court order amounted to interference in the investigations.
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