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A Sivaganga court sentenced erstwhile tehsildar and 3 others to rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating funds adjacent to ₹42 lakh allocated for Sri Lankan Tamils housing indebtedness scheme.
Police sources said, the Government of Tamil Nadu had allocated ₹43.50 lakh betwixt February 1994 and May 1996 for providing lodging loans to Sri Lankan Tamils.
The magnitude was misappropriated by creating fake documents showing it was distributed to 435 Sri Lankan Tamils, and the wealth was withdrawn successful the names of different individuals.
Following an probe into the substance by the Sivaganga Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption police, a lawsuit was registered against 9 individuals: the then Devakottai Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) Syed Hussain, Karaikudi tehsildar Sardar, deputy tehsildar Ibrahim, Kalanivasal Village Administrative Officer (VAO) Ramachandran, Assistant Dhanasekaran who worked astatine the Sivaganga Collectorate, contractor Kathiresan, Muthu alias Saravanamuthu who was the Head of the Sri Lankan Tamil Rehabilitation Center, Dinesh Kumar of Pandian Nagar, Madurai, and Ramar of Melakottai, Thirumangalam.
As the case was tried successful the Sivaganga Special Court for anti-corruption cases, Syed Hussain, Ibrahim, Ramachandran, and Dhanasekaran passed away during the course of investigation.
In this case, Judge Anitha Christy, who heard the case, sentenced the accused Sardar, Kathiresan, and Muthu alias Saravanamuthu to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹30,000 each.
She besides sentenced Dinesh Kumar and Ramar to two years of rigorous imprisonment and a good of ₹15,000 each.
