THIRUVANNATHAPURAM: Even long before gold smuggling case came to light, accused Swapna Suresh had done enough damage to family of Air India employee L S Sibu.

What had turned upside down the life of Thiruvananthapuram Pattom native Sibu was the strong stand he had taken against the wily motives of Swapna and her aides.

Sibu was transferred to Hyderabad five years ago after a team of women employees including Swapna Suresh gave a fake complaint of sexual harassment against him.

The Crime Branch is currently investigating the complaint. Sibu later gave a complaint against Swapna, seeking to bring out the truth behind the allegations against him.

Sibu was transferred when the Crime Branch was about to file the charge sheet. In this case, former Air India Sats vice-president is also an accused.

It was in 2015 January that Thiruvananthapuram airport director got a fake complaint purportedly signed by 17 women employees and, in March, he was transferred to Hyderabad.

Sibu approached the Crime Branch after the Air India’s internal inquiry commission branded him guilty without considering his arguments.

In the investigation that followed, Crime Branch found out that Swapna produced the employee called Neethu Mohan as Parvathy Sabu in front of the inquiry commission and made her give false statement.

On the other hand, when Swapna was questioned, she said she was facing financial difficulties at that time and taking advantage of her situation, Air India Stats vice-president and others prompted her to do several wrong things.

The Crime Branch also found out that the complaint was drafted by Swapna.

Now Sibu’s wife Geetha has this to say:

“What prevented us from committing suicide was our staunch belief in God. I used to spend many nights in Puja room, hugging my daughter and crying. Only by the grace of Pazhavangadi Ganapathy, the fraud ways of Swapna and her associates have come to light,” she said in a recent interview given to Vanitha magazine.