HC convicts ex-Minister, wife in assets case
Mohamed Imranullah S.
CHENNAI, June 07, 2018 00:00 IST
Sentences them to rigorous imprisonment; slaps Rs. 5 lakh fine
The Madras High Court on Wednesday convicted former Commercial Taxes Minister ‘Kadaladi’ V. Sathyamoorthy of the AIADMK, now 73, and his wife V. Chandra, 62, in a 21-year-old disproportionate assets case. They were sentenced to five and two years of rigorous imprisonment respectively and were slapped with a fine of Rs. 5 lakh each.
Justice G. Jayachandran allowed a State appeal pending since 2001 and reversed their acquittal by a trial court on August 8, 2000. The couple was found guilty of having amassed wealth to the tune of Rs. 83.32 lakh between January 1, 1992 and May 13, 1996 as claimed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC). Immediately after the judgment, DVAC sleuths took the couple into custody and shifted them to the Puzhal central prison on the basis of warrants issued by the High Court Registry. Sathyamoorthy served as an MLA between June 17, 1991 and May 13, 1996 and served as Minister between May 17, 1993 and May 13, 1996 in the AIADMK government led by Jayalalithaa.
The couple was found guilty of having amassed wealth to the tune of Rs. 83.32 lakh between 1992 and 1996
Mohamed Imranullah S.
CHENNAI, June 07, 2018 00:00 IST
Sentences them to rigorous imprisonment; slaps Rs. 5 lakh fine
The Madras High Court on Wednesday convicted former Commercial Taxes Minister ‘Kadaladi’ V. Sathyamoorthy of the AIADMK, now 73, and his wife V. Chandra, 62, in a 21-year-old disproportionate assets case. They were sentenced to five and two years of rigorous imprisonment respectively and were slapped with a fine of Rs. 5 lakh each.
Justice G. Jayachandran allowed a State appeal pending since 2001 and reversed their acquittal by a trial court on August 8, 2000. The couple was found guilty of having amassed wealth to the tune of Rs. 83.32 lakh between January 1, 1992 and May 13, 1996 as claimed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC). Immediately after the judgment, DVAC sleuths took the couple into custody and shifted them to the Puzhal central prison on the basis of warrants issued by the High Court Registry. Sathyamoorthy served as an MLA between June 17, 1991 and May 13, 1996 and served as Minister between May 17, 1993 and May 13, 1996 in the AIADMK government led by Jayalalithaa.
The couple was found guilty of having amassed wealth to the tune of Rs. 83.32 lakh between 1992 and 1996
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