Chennai hotelier held for Rs 2 crore fake DD
A Selvaraj| TNN | Nov 5, 2017, 05:59 IST
CHENNAI: The central crime branch (CCB) of the city police on Saturday arrested Ahmed, 45, director of Aasife Biriyani Pvt Ltd, a leading chain of briyani outlets, for giving a fake demand draft (DD) of Rs 2 crore to a businessman. "Police took him into custody from a hideout in Tuticorin and brought him to Chennai for questioning," say sources. During interrogation, Ahmed confessed to have given the fake DD to businessman R Kothandaraman of Kodambakkam, from whom he had borrowed money.
Kothandaraman had presented the DD to ICICI bank, and bank officials found it to be fake."Kothandaraman later lodged a complaint against Ahmed, his first wife Ramzan Begum and second wife Nandhini," police sources said. The complaint was forwarded to the forgery wing of the CCB.
According to police, Kothandaraman had given Rs 5.70 crore to Ahmed for expanding his business. When Kothandaraman demanded the money back, Ahmed took a DD for Rs 200 from the bank and changed the figure to Rs 2 crore and gave it to Kothandaraman. Ahmed went into hiding after sensing that police were searching him. However, based on a tip, the special team rushed to Tuticorin and took him into custody. He was brought to Chennai by road and will be produced before a magistrate court on Sunday .
Investigations revealed that the restaurant owner had leased out hotels to many franchisees and collected money from them as royalty for using the brand name. He also supplied biriyani to the restaurants from his centralised kitchen on Butt Road in Alandur.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that Kothandaraman was introduced to Ahmed through his second wife Nandhini. They earlier gave him a cheque which bounced as there was insufficient funds in their bank account. When he approached Ahmed, Nandhini threatened him saying that they would eliminate him by engaging hooligans. Based on Kothandaraman's complaint, Kodambakkam police have registered an attempt to murder case against Nandhini and Ahmed, police said.
A Selvaraj| TNN | Nov 5, 2017, 05:59 IST
CHENNAI: The central crime branch (CCB) of the city police on Saturday arrested Ahmed, 45, director of Aasife Biriyani Pvt Ltd, a leading chain of briyani outlets, for giving a fake demand draft (DD) of Rs 2 crore to a businessman. "Police took him into custody from a hideout in Tuticorin and brought him to Chennai for questioning," say sources. During interrogation, Ahmed confessed to have given the fake DD to businessman R Kothandaraman of Kodambakkam, from whom he had borrowed money.
Kothandaraman had presented the DD to ICICI bank, and bank officials found it to be fake."Kothandaraman later lodged a complaint against Ahmed, his first wife Ramzan Begum and second wife Nandhini," police sources said. The complaint was forwarded to the forgery wing of the CCB.
According to police, Kothandaraman had given Rs 5.70 crore to Ahmed for expanding his business. When Kothandaraman demanded the money back, Ahmed took a DD for Rs 200 from the bank and changed the figure to Rs 2 crore and gave it to Kothandaraman. Ahmed went into hiding after sensing that police were searching him. However, based on a tip, the special team rushed to Tuticorin and took him into custody. He was brought to Chennai by road and will be produced before a magistrate court on Sunday .
Investigations revealed that the restaurant owner had leased out hotels to many franchisees and collected money from them as royalty for using the brand name. He also supplied biriyani to the restaurants from his centralised kitchen on Butt Road in Alandur.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that Kothandaraman was introduced to Ahmed through his second wife Nandhini. They earlier gave him a cheque which bounced as there was insufficient funds in their bank account. When he approached Ahmed, Nandhini threatened him saying that they would eliminate him by engaging hooligans. Based on Kothandaraman's complaint, Kodambakkam police have registered an attempt to murder case against Nandhini and Ahmed, police said.
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