Sivakumar allegedly asked Marisamy to apply for the post of Village Administration Officer in 2016 and allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh to get him through the TNPSC exam.
Published: 13th November 2022 03:10 AM | Last Updated: 13th November 2022 03:10 AM | A+A A-
(Express Illustrations)
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Crime Branch police on Saturday arrested former AIADMK member B Aathma Sivakumar (53) for allegedly cheating over 60 government job aspirants to the tune of Rs 2.17 crore. His associate Manikandan, sister Sathyabama and her husband Jaikrishnan were also booked and a hunt is on to nab them.
According to the police, the complainant M Marisamy (34) from Ponmedu near Punjai Puliyampatti in Erode district said he was introduced to Sivakumar by his relative Subramaniam when he was looking for a government job in 2015, adding Sivakumar allegedly told him that he had close contacts with the then
AIADMK ministers Ponnaiyan, SP Velumani and RB Udhayakumar.
Sivakumar allegedly asked Marisamy to apply for the post of Village Administration Officer in 2016 and allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh to get him through the TNPSC exam. Mariasamy claims he paid Rs 8.2 lakh in instalments to his close associates, Manikandan, Sathyabama, Jaikrishnan, Sivakumar and Venkatasamy, but later realised he had been cheated. He filed a police complaint in 2021.
The police said so far 68 people from Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Nilgiris districts have filed complaints against Sivakumar and his associates. Subramaniam, who introduced Marisamy to Sivakumar, also lodged a cheating complaint against Sivakumar in Nilgiris on Saturday.
“He has also been booked in similar cases in Thoothukudi, Dharmapuri, Erode and Nilgiris districts in the past few years, following which he was absconding for a year,” said Inspector of district Crime Branch I Rajeshwari. A probe is on.
O
P
E
N
Disclaimer : We respect your thoughts and views! But we need to be judicious while moderating your comments. All the comments will be moderated by the newindianexpress.com editorial. Abstain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks. Try to avoid outside hyperlinks inside the comment. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines.
The views expressed in comments published on newindianexpress.com are those of the comment writers alone. They do not represent the views or opinions of newindianexpress.com or its staff, nor do they represent the views or opinions of The New Indian Express Group, or any entity of, or affiliated with, The New Indian Express Group. newindianexpress.com reserves the right to take any or all comments down at any time.
PM Modi likely to have bilateral with Biden, Sunak at G20 Summit
Week before release, Pakistan bans Saim Sadiq’s film ‘Joyland’, its Oscars contender
Nine girls go missing from shelter home in Kottayam, caught in six hours
Andamans gang rape case: Businessman, carrying reward of Rs 1 lakh, held in Haryana
HC cancels appointment of VC of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies
Gujarat polls: Congress declares 39 candidates in 5th, 6th lists; fields Jignesh Mevani from Vadgam
Copyright – newindianexpress.com 2022
The Morning Standard | Dinamani | Kannada Prabha | Samakalika Malayalam | Indulgexpress | Edex Live | Cinema Express | Event Xpress
Contact Us | About Us | Careers | Privacy Policy | Search | Terms of Use | Advertise With Us
Home | Nation | World | Cities | Business | Columns | Entertainment | Sport | Magazine | The Sunday Standard