Modi-Shah are liars, says Ram Jethmalani
Bengaluru, May 7: Former union minister and Supreme Court advocate Ram Jethmalani said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amith Shah have cheated the people of the country by giving false promises.
Speaking at the Meet the Press at the Press Club here on Monday, Jethmalani said that people should teach both of them a befitting reply in this assembly election. In the last Lok Sabha election, the BJP, in its manifesto, had promised of bringing back the black money stashed in foreign countries and credit Rs 15 lakh to every individual’s account. But how much black money did not bring, he asked.
“I have been fighting against black money. But Narendra Modi who met me in 2009, has said that he would support his cause and I have believed him. Amith Shah who came to my home promised me of extending his support. Later, I came to know that as why Shah had come to my home. He had to come out of a murder case charged against him. For this reason, he was at my home at that time”, he said.
After BJP-led NDA got majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, they have asked him of giving up the fight against black money. But he has made a mistake believing the BJP then. Even then, he has not given up his fight. He would continue his fight against black money in the Supreme Court. The case would come in front of the SC on July 15. Germany and Switzerland are ready to disclose the list of black money holders. But the government has not taken a right decision, he alleged.
“I have asked 15 questions to BJP, PM Modi and Amith Shah regarding black money. But they have never replied to me. They are cheaters. So, people should teach them a lesson through this Assembly election. But I would not say on supporting the Congress. BJP should not be voted to power at any cost”, the senior advocate said.
BJP will bite the dust in 2019
For the last four years, both Modi and Shah have been giving false promises to the people. BJP is unfit to be a ruling party and Congress to be opposition party. Modi will definitely bite the dust in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The BJP has around 37 per cent criminals, he said.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
