Yusuf arrived in Delhi on September 14 on the same day, he went to the Bharat Nagar office of the Special Cell. He claims he had no information that charges had been pressed against him. When he went there, the officers slapped him and did not allow him to leave. “I was frightened when I was coming to Delhi, but I never thought I too would be implicated,” he added.

“My office is near the airport. So, when Yaseen called me, I went there to pick him up. Mishra was also there. I dropped the two at M G Road. That was the first time I saw her and I never had any conversation with her,” he claimed. When asked about his plans now, he said the first thing he wants to do is come clean in the case. “I have no plans of working in Bangalore now. I may take a break and start afresh in my hometown, Kochi,” he said.