C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
Two senior planners of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority haver been booked in a alleged forgery case and fraudulent transaction of property worth Rs 2 crore by Central Crime Branch following the direction of Metropolitan Magistrate Central Crime Branch and CB-CID Special Court Egmore.
The duo --- Ravikumar and Anusuya have been booked for cheating a techie working in a US based firm through alleged fraudulent transaction of his prime property in Kilpauk after threatening him and filing a fabricated criminal case against him. The charges were later dropped by the duo during the hearing at the court. They also did not return the money worth Rs 60 lakh borrowed from the techie which was spent on their daughter's medical expenses in the United States apart from borrowings worth Rs 40 lakh on earlier instances.
Interestingly, the property of Vasudevan was acquired by Ravikumar through unaccountable assets, which comes under the offences punishable under Tamil Nadu Government Servants conduct rules. Since Ravikumar purchased the property from unknown source of income, the property purchased from unknown source of income is considered disproportionate asset and comes within the purview of Prevention of Corruption Act.
The FIR was filed against the duo on the direction of Metropolitan Magistrate, who had stated that the offences committed by the accused are cognizable in nature with the available prima facie evidences. Interestingly, this is the second such case against CMDA employese. Already a superintending engineer is under the purview of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) under the Prevention of Corruption Act for causing loss to the State government in a allotment case in Koyambedu.
When CMDA member secretary Anshul Mishra was contacted on whether CMDA is taking any action against the three persons, he said that, "CMDA will wait for the details to be communicated formally to us."
According to FIR copy accessed by The New Indian Express, senior planners Ravi Kumar and Anusuya were booked on a complaint by R Sridhar Raju, who holds the power of attorney of Ramesh Vasudevan, a process architecture engineer in System Analysis Programme Development, a firm located in the United States.
Vasudevan was on a business trip to Saudi Arabia in September 2019 when Anusuya and Ravi Kumar, who were his close friends, reached out to him for financial help as their daughter, a post graduate vocational programme student in University of Berkley in US had health issues and was admitted in El Camino Psychiatric Hospital in San Francisco.Vasudevan incurred medical expense of Rs 60 lakh for the treatment for which the parents promised to pay back in six months. Ravikumar and Anusuya also borrowed Rs 40 lakh on various dates by way of cash and way of transfer to their account since September 2021 onwards.
According to the FIR, rather than paying the amount, the duo filed a fabricated police case allegedly for offences punishable under various sections under Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act at K6-TP Chattram Police station. Vasudevan was arrested on November 28, 2021 and remanded in prison for 25 days. While Vasudevan was in judicial custody, Ravikumar and Anusuya threatened the family members and forcibly took away identification cards and other documents from his home.
'Using the documents, the duo allegedly prepared property transfer documents of his flat situated in Kilpauk Garden Colony, When Vasudevan came out on bail, he was made to sign on blank papers. The duo then forced him to give write-off for all the loan amounts owed by them and execute the sale deed of the property in their favour at a cost of Rs 1.04 crore after threatening to file more crimnal cases. The amount was not paid to Vasudevan, the FIR stated.
After getting the sale deed in their favour, the duo appeared before Vth Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Egmore as witness in the criminal case and said they have not filed any complaint and disowned the contents of the complaint filed against Vasudevan by the police. In July, 2022, Vasudevan was acquitted in the case as the charges were found not to be proved.
The judge observed that Ravikumar and Anusuya have abused the court of law for the sole purpose of grabbing the property of Vasudevan unlawfully.Ravi had purchased the property fraudulently for 1.04 crore plus stamp duty and registration charges which went to more than Rs 5 lakh. The court said that Vasudevan tried to file a case on February 8, 2023 against the duo to prosecute them under the law but the complaint was not taken then by Chennai Police Commissioner. Following which he approached the court. The court has directed the police to fle an FIR and submit a report before the court at the earliest.
Two senior planners of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority haver been booked in a alleged forgery case and fraudulent transaction of property worth Rs 2 crore by Central Crime Branch following the direction of Metropolitan Magistrate Central Crime Branch and CB-CID Special Court Egmore.
The duo --- Ravikumar and Anusuya have been booked for cheating a techie working in a US based firm through alleged fraudulent transaction of his prime property in Kilpauk after threatening him and filing a fabricated criminal case against him. The charges were later dropped by the duo during the hearing at the court. They also did not return the money worth Rs 60 lakh borrowed from the techie which was spent on their daughter's medical expenses in the United States apart from borrowings worth Rs 40 lakh on earlier instances.
Interestingly, the property of Vasudevan was acquired by Ravikumar through unaccountable assets, which comes under the offences punishable under Tamil Nadu Government Servants conduct rules. Since Ravikumar purchased the property from unknown source of income, the property purchased from unknown source of income is considered disproportionate asset and comes within the purview of Prevention of Corruption Act.
The FIR was filed against the duo on the direction of Metropolitan Magistrate, who had stated that the offences committed by the accused are cognizable in nature with the available prima facie evidences. Interestingly, this is the second such case against CMDA employese. Already a superintending engineer is under the purview of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) under the Prevention of Corruption Act for causing loss to the State government in a allotment case in Koyambedu.
When CMDA member secretary Anshul Mishra was contacted on whether CMDA is taking any action against the three persons, he said that, "CMDA will wait for the details to be communicated formally to us."
According to FIR copy accessed by The New Indian Express, senior planners Ravi Kumar and Anusuya were booked on a complaint by R Sridhar Raju, who holds the power of attorney of Ramesh Vasudevan, a process architecture engineer in System Analysis Programme Development, a firm located in the United States.
Vasudevan was on a business trip to Saudi Arabia in September 2019 when Anusuya and Ravi Kumar, who were his close friends, reached out to him for financial help as their daughter, a post graduate vocational programme student in University of Berkley in US had health issues and was admitted in El Camino Psychiatric Hospital in San Francisco.Vasudevan incurred medical expense of Rs 60 lakh for the treatment for which the parents promised to pay back in six months. Ravikumar and Anusuya also borrowed Rs 40 lakh on various dates by way of cash and way of transfer to their account since September 2021 onwards.
According to the FIR, rather than paying the amount, the duo filed a fabricated police case allegedly for offences punishable under various sections under Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act at K6-TP Chattram Police station. Vasudevan was arrested on November 28, 2021 and remanded in prison for 25 days. While Vasudevan was in judicial custody, Ravikumar and Anusuya threatened the family members and forcibly took away identification cards and other documents from his home.
'Using the documents, the duo allegedly prepared property transfer documents of his flat situated in Kilpauk Garden Colony, When Vasudevan came out on bail, he was made to sign on blank papers. The duo then forced him to give write-off for all the loan amounts owed by them and execute the sale deed of the property in their favour at a cost of Rs 1.04 crore after threatening to file more crimnal cases. The amount was not paid to Vasudevan, the FIR stated.
After getting the sale deed in their favour, the duo appeared before Vth Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Egmore as witness in the criminal case and said they have not filed any complaint and disowned the contents of the complaint filed against Vasudevan by the police. In July, 2022, Vasudevan was acquitted in the case as the charges were found not to be proved.
The judge observed that Ravikumar and Anusuya have abused the court of law for the sole purpose of grabbing the property of Vasudevan unlawfully.Ravi had purchased the property fraudulently for 1.04 crore plus stamp duty and registration charges which went to more than Rs 5 lakh. The court said that Vasudevan tried to file a case on February 8, 2023 against the duo to prosecute them under the law but the complaint was not taken then by Chennai Police Commissioner. Following which he approached the court. The court has directed the police to fle an FIR and submit a report before the court at the earliest.
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