Guilty of duping business into paying ₹42.70 lakhThe 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. 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. Nair or Biju Nair. Saritha and Biju were running a firm called Team Solar Renewable Energy Solutions on Chittoor Road in Kochi. She was awarded one-year RI and fined ₹10,000 each in Sections 406, 471 and 419 and three-year RI and ₹10,000 in Section 420.

Source: The Hindu April 28, 2021 03:35 UTC