Kerala Inspector General of Police G Lakshman moved the high court on Saturday, seeking to quash an FIR registered against him in a cheating case connected to controversial antique dealer Monson Mavunkal. In his plea, the senior police official claimed that he was arrayed as an accused without any incriminating evidence.

Lakshman also claimed that there was an extraordinary constitutional authority functioning in the Chief Minister's Office who deals with compromising, mediating and arbitrating some of the financial dealings in Kerala.