Depositors block highway demanding police to help get their money from a chit fund operator

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Depositors staging a roadworthy  blockade astatine  Srivilliputtur connected  Wednesday.

Depositors staging a roadworthy blockade astatine Srivilliputtur connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Around 200 people, including women, resorted to a roadworthy blockade disturbance connected the Madurai-Quilon road demanding the constabulary to assistance get their wealth from a pistillate chit relation connected Wednesday.

Police said that Kaleeswari of Ooranipatti Kallarai Street, Srivilliputtur successful Virudhunagar district, was operating a chit concern for implicit 25 years.

The modus operandi was that the pistillate collected wealth from the nationalist each period and gave them to the members. The magnitude disbursed was successful the denomination of ₹ 1 lakh to ₹ 25 lakh each. She was besides giving involvement connected the deposits collected from immoderate of the radical successful the vicinity, a constabulary serviceman said.

However, successful the past 2 years oregon so, Kaleeswari faced difficulties successful collecting the dues from the members successful each group. Unable to uncover the truth, she kept connected collecting wealth from caller members and determination were hold successful giving the chit magnitude connected promised dates.

Suspecting thing incorrect successful the dealing, erstwhile immoderate of the members demanded their wealth back, Kaleeswari refused and connected galore occasions, determination were wordy altercations.

“As she was acquainted with immoderate of the constabulary personnel, they besides dodged from registering a case,” women claimed.

As the suspicion grew among the depositors that the pistillate whitethorn not settee the dues properly, they lodged a ailment with the police. With nary justness appearing to beryllium delivered, the depositors squatted connected the Madurai-Quilon road to gully the attraction of the police.

Ramachandran, 1 of the agitators, said that the constabulary arrived astatine the country aft astir an hr and promised to registry a lawsuit against Kaleeswari successful astir 2 days pursuing which they dispersed.

Meanwhile, the relatives of Kaleeswari shouted astatine immoderate of the depositors and adjacent threatened to instrumentality ineligible action. Some different relatives said that they were successful interaction with the TVK functionaries.

However, constabulary said that they would analyse into the ailment and registry cases arsenic per the law.

Published - June 10, 2026 09:01 p.m. IST

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