Thursday, December 23, 2021

Key accused in railway job scam dies in prison


Key accused in railway job scam dies in prison

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:23.12.2021

A main accused in a railway job recruitment scam has died while in prison even before charges were framed against him, CBI informed a court here.

A city CBI court had expressed displeasure at the investigating agency for not taking any effort to secure former technician at Perambur Loco works, S Sriraman of Villivakkam for over four years, despite police registering cases against him.

Meanwhile, on December 4, the court received a letter from the Superintendent of Prisons, Puzhal stating that Sriraman who was sent to judicial custody in April was under medical treatment at Government Stanley hospital and succumbed on December 1.

Additional special judge L S Sathiyamurthy disposed the case against Sriraman stating that the court cannot pass an order of discharge against a dead person.

The court had recently convicted his accomplice, P Athimani, a government high school teacher from Krishnagiri district and sentenced him to two years imprisonment in the scam.

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