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One more held under Goondas Act

K.T. Sangameswaran

CHENNAI: One more person has been detained under the Goondas Act in the case of cheating against Yobu Saravanan even as the State Crime Branch CID is trying to identify some more property purchased by the accused from out of the swindled money. An official of the special unit gave the name of the person detained as Ramanathan alias Lasar, one of the trustees of the trust started by Yobu Saravanan, who had already been detained under the legislation.

Meanwhile, the CB CID (Metro) is awaiting the Government’s permission to take necessary steps for attachment of properties seized in the case.

Besides Yobu Saravanan and Ramanathan, the other trustees, Rajendran, Paul Ravi Sanjeevi, Soundararajan and W.S.S. Rajan had already been arrested and remanded to judicial custody.

The official told The Hindu that as per available documents, the money that had allegedly been swindled was to the tune of Rs.15 crore.

The police say that a large number of building contractors and poor people in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have been cheated. In Tamil Nadu alone, several persons in Vellore, Salem, Erode, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli were victims. So far, landed property and houses, totally valued about at Rs.4.39 crore had been identified by police.

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