The police have charged ten persons, including a DMK councillor in Chennai, in an incident relating to kidnapping of a businessman at knifepoint and usurping land worth ₹25 crores.
Amar Ram, 53, of Sholinganallur, Chennai, owns a gold loan shop in the same neighbourhood. In 2017, Amar Ram paid ₹60 lakh to DMK circle secretary Krishnamurthy and registered a deed to purchase 58 cents of land in Naavalur. After that, he paid a total of ₹10 crore and registered the land in his name in 2018. However, there was a dispute between Krishnamurthy and his brother Manoharan over the sold land.
Manoharan filed a case against Krishnamurthy and Amar Ram in the Chengalpattu court. On September 17, Amar Ram filed a complaint at the Chennai Marina Police Station.
In his complaint, Amar Ram said,”A lawyer named Sentamizh invited me to come near the Marina Lighthouse on the 16th of last month to talk about the land. Four unidentified individuals tied my eyes and kidnapped me in a car to Tiruporur Sub-Registrar office at knifepoint.”
He went on to say that ten people, including Krishnamurthy and his wife, 124th ward DMK councillor Vimala, attacked him and forced him to sign the cancellation certificate of the purchase agreement, and that he was only paid ₹60 lakh for land worth only ₹25 crore.
“Then, they pushed me out of the car and left. Action should be taken against 10 people including Krishnamurthy, Vimala, Senthamizh and Manoharan,” the complaint ended.
Preliminary police investigation revealed that as the 58-cent land near AGS theatre in Navalur sold to Amar Ram now sells for more than ₹25 crores, Krishnamurthy and brother Manoharan have together decided to sell the land to the owner of a construction company. In order to modify the ‘power of attorney of the land in the name of the owner of the construction firm, Krishnamurthy abducted Amar Ram and blackmailed him into the registrar’s office.
It was also found that Amar Ram was threatened by showing a video call in which rowdies were seen around their family and threatened to kill them if he did not sign the agreement. In connection with this abduction incident, Marina police have filed a case against DMK secretary Krishnamurthy, his wife-DMK councillor Vimala, Senthamizh, Manokaran, and ten others under five sections, including kidnapping and extortion of property.
The case is being investigated further, and the police have decided to begin a probe in the Thiruporur Sub Registrar Department.
With inputs from Dinamalar
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