KOCHI: The enforcement has submitted the preliminary charge sheet with crucial references against M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the chief minister. The charge sheet mentioning the role of Sivasankar in Swapna Suresh’s financial dealings asserted that there is a mystery in the Whatsapp messages related to the bank locker.

The charge sheet has mentioned the long-time relationship between Sivasankar and Swapna.

The officer had helped Swapna financially when she faced some financial problems. Swapna had not returned the money so far. She gave Sivasankar’s name as reference when she applied for a job in Space Park.

Sivasankar’s chartered accountant Venugopal Iyer had given statement that he had helped Swapna in getting a locker at the bank.

More clarity has to be obtained in the Whatspp messages between Sivasankar and Iyer. Some numbers have been hinted in the messages mentioning financial dealings.

There is a mention of one Sara in it. There are some messages like call me when I am alone, I have to say some things. However, an exact answer on it has not been obtained.

The messages may be regarding the money transactions. All this will be examined after assessing the digital evidence. The charge sheet also asserted that Sivasankar will be questioned in detail after that.

The charge sheet has arraigned Swapna Suresh, Sarith and Sandeep Nair. With the charge sheet stating that Sivasankar needs to be further questioned, it is likely that there will be more accused in the case. The charge sheet was filed at the additional district magistrate court in Kochi yesterday.