The complaint has been registered after Swapna Suresh had alleged that ED officials forced her to give a false statement against Chief Minister Vijayan.
The extortionists would 'charge' the liquor shop owners with committing offences under the Excise Act and the JJ Act and demanded Rs 2 lakh not to register a case.
Sahil Parvez had stated that his father was shot in front of their house in his statement to the media. His complaint letter to the police several weeks later suddenly shifts the location, identifies 16 'attackers' by name and makes a lot of contradictory claims, read details.