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A lawsuit of cheating and transgression breach of spot has been lodged against 4 persons, including a elder BJP leader, successful Kochi successful transportation with the half-price scam oregon CSR money scam successful Kerala, the constabulary said connected Friday (February 6, 2026).
The scam relates to the alleged cheating of radical by falsely promising scooters and laptops astatine fractional terms utilizing CSR funds.
In the instant case, an FIR nether Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC was lodged against 4 persons, including BJP person A.N. Radhakrishnan, based connected a woman's ailment that aft taking ₹63,500 from her, she was not provided a scooter arsenic promised.
The wealth was handed implicit successful May 2024 to the representatives of an NGO, Society For Integrated Growth Of The Nation (SIGN), according to the woman's complaint.
The constabulary said Mr. Radhakrishnan's sanction was included successful the FIR based connected the woman's connection that helium is allegedly associated with the NGO SIGN.
"However, nary wealth was straight handed implicit to him oregon deposited successful his relationship according to our preliminary investigation. A probe has been launched," an serviceman of the Thrikkakara constabulary presumption said.
Mr. Radhakrishnan has not yet commented connected the contented and could not beryllium reached implicit the phone.
There person been respective akin complaints crossed the State successful which the main accused are Anandu Krishnan and K.N. Ananthakumar, president of the National NGO Confederation.
According to those complaints, the accused had promised to supply laptops, two-wheelers, and sewing machines to beneficiaries, claiming that fractional of the outgo would beryllium covered by the NGO Confederation and CSR funds, portion the different fractional would beryllium contributed by the recipients.
