Saritha S. Nair sentenced to 6 years’ RI
The Hindu
Guilty of duping business into paying ₹42.70 lakh
The Kozhikode Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced Saritha S. Nair to six-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and slapped a fine of ₹40,000 in connection with a solar cheating case. Pronouncing the verdict, magistrate K.K. Nimmi found Saritha, second accused, guilty of duping Abdul Majeed, owner of Associated Steels Yard, into paying ₹42.70 lakh after promising him franchises in solar panel and windmill farm companies in 2012. Assistant public prosecutor Geoffrey George Joseph said the court would separately pronounce the verdict on Biju Radhakrishnan, first accused, as he had sought exemption from hearing the verdict following his quarantine. A third accused, B. Manimon, was acquitted.
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