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A pistillate who had been absconding successful transportation with a ₹5 lakh Deepavali chit money fraud lawsuit was arrested by R.K. Nagar Police.
Police said P. Padmavathi, 44, of Tondiarpet, had been moving astatine a edifice adjacent the Power House area, Tondiarpet, a fewer months ago. The edifice was tally by a pistillate named Selvi alias Tamilselvi, who announced that she was starting a Deepavali chit fund. Believing her, Padmavathi introduced astir 25 radical she knew to articulation the chit money successful 2024.
Over a play of 1 year, Selvi alias Tamilselvi collected astir ₹5 lakh from the participants. However, erstwhile the 25 members asked for their returns during Deepavali 2025, Tamilselvi failed to repay the magnitude and kept deceiving them. Based connected a ailment lodged by Padmavathi, the R.K. Nagar Police registered a case.
During the inquiry, it was recovered that Tamilselvi had filed anticipatory bail petitions successful the courts. However, she neither deposited the ₹1 lakh information magnitude ordered by the tribunal nor complied with the court’s conditions and had gone into hiding. Acting connected a tip-off, the R.K. Nagar Crime Branch squad traced and arrested the accused, Selvi alias Tamilselvi, 35, of Korukkupet.
