THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan has said that accepting the invitation of Swapna to take part in a function was a lapse from the part of his office.

“This is a lesson and when I look into it now, it is a lapse happened at my office,” he said adding that he usually doesn’t get Intelligence report.

“Normally, there is no need to doubt a high official in Consulate. We used to approach her for matters related to Malayali expats.
Even in dreams I never thought that she is a person who would do such crooked things. We have talked nothing other than official matters.

If there are people who feel that patting on shoulder is a sexual behaviour , their pervert minds are to blame. I had not contacted her on days close to the gold haul.

It was Swapna and his friends who had invited me for inaugurating the shop. I usually don’t go to such functions but I went this time only out of the respect for his mother. Several local leaders’ names were in the invite and nobody dissuaded me from attending the function.

Swapna was not unfamiliar in government circles and government programmes as she was the face of the UAE consulate.
From this experience, I have learnt the lesson that Intelligence report should be sought and I should take part in an event only after understanding its nitty gritty of the event,” the Speaker opened up.