KOCHI: IG Lakshman, accused in a conspiracy case involving conman Monson Mavunkal, has been arrested. The crime branch recorded the arrest after interrogation. After the arrest, he was released on bail.

The Crime Branch had earlier stated in the report given in the High Court that IG Lakshman was the main mastermind of the financial fraud involving Monson Mavunkal and the IG was also involved in the conspiracy. When the Monson case first came up, Lakshman was suspended but the crime branch did not arraign him. But after KPCC president K Sudhakaran was made an accused, IG Lakshman was also named an accused.