A special court for CBI cases today remanded the sister of sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran and her husband to judicial custody in connection with a two-decade-old disproportionate wealth case.
According to the prosecution, S R Baskaran, who was working as coin and notes examiner in RBI, Chennai, married Sreedaladevi, Dhinakaran's sister, in 1990.
Baskaran disclosed his total assets as Rs 2.96 lakh before joining service.
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In November 1997, the CBI registered a case against the two and conducted search in various places which led to the seizure of 80 gold bars, investments in moveable and immoveable assets, cash, and silver articles.
Subsequently, a case of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 2.28 crore was registered against them.
The trial court found them guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act and various sections of the IPC.
While Baskaran was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20 lakh was imposed on him, Sreedaladevi was sentenced to three years RI and a fine of Rs 10 lakh was imposed on her.
The high court upheld the conviction in November, 2017.
OnJanuary 19, the special CBI judge issued non-bailable warrants against them and directed the CBI to produce them before court.
In view of the order, both of them surrendered before the special judge A Thiruneelaprasad who recorded their surrender and remanded them to judicial custody.
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