Copies of the complaint were sent to the Intelligence ADGP, district police chiefs, and ACPs of Kollam and Pathanamthitta, along with relevant documents, he said. Additionally, Sunil lodged a complaint with the Alappuzha district police chief (DPC), noting Haseena’s other residence in Nooranad and the possibility of passport renewal using that address. Despite these alerts, Haseena successfully renewed her passport, changing her address from Pathanapuram to Nooranad while hiding all the pending criminal cases.

“We then filed another complaint with the Alappuzha DPC and ADGP Intelligence, alerting them that the accused had renewed her passport while the non-bailable warrants were pending. The following morning, she was apprehended by Nooranad police from her residence but was produced before the judicial first class magistrate, Kayamkulam, only for frauds of Rs 25 lakh and Rs 20 lakh, without informing the court of the non-bailable warrants,” Manoj said.

He alleged that Nooranad police failed to seize Haseena’s passport despite her criminal history, enabling her to flee to the UK with her renewed passport on July 25.

Meanwhile, Nooranad police refuted the accusations, stating there were no irregularities on their part. “Once a case is filed, the police are the complainants. There were no vested interests in the proceedings. Acting on the complaint, we promptly apprehended the accused and produced her before the court under the cases registered against her in judicial first class magistrate court, Kayamkulam, where she was granted bail,” said an officer with Nooranad police station.

The police are awaiting details from the Regional Passport Office, Kochi, to determine if the accused renewed her passport using forged documents, he added.

According to Sunil’s complaint, Haseena and her friend Biju Gopinath, who hails from Kumarapuram in Thiruvananthapuram, cheated him after promising him a partnership in a UK-based restaurant called ‘Thattukada’.