Shalu, a danseuse and member of the Central Film Censor Board, was produced before the First Class Judicial Magistrate here, who would consider the police plea for her custody for further interrogation and evidence gathering on Monday.
Shalu was arrested from her recently-built home at Changanassery near Kottayam yesterday based on a complaint from a Thiruvananthapuram-based entrepreneur that he had been cheated of a huge amount by Shalu and Biju promising him to clinch a business deal using their high connections.
Ever since it broke out pushing the Chandy Government on backfoot, name of Shalu has figured for her links with Biju.
She had been under scanner right from the start and the investigators had come across "evidences" that pointed that she had helped Biju escape from the state, sources said.
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Biju, also wanted in connection with the death of his wife in suspicious circumstances besides being the co-accused in the solar cheating case along with Saritha, was arrested from Coimbatore a few days ago.
The scam also had its reflection on the factional equations in the Congress in the state as the telephone call details gathered by investigators showed that several ministers and political leaders had made calls to Saritha, apart from getting frequent calls from her.