Saritha Nair, the prime accused within the photo voltaic panel rip-off that rocked Kerala in the course of the earlier Congress-led UDF rule, was arrested on Thursday in reference to the case.
Nair was picked up by the police from her residence right here after a courtroom in Kozhikode had issued a warrant towards the controversial businesswoman for failing to look earlier than it in a case filed towards her in reference to rip-off.
She was delivered to Kozhikode and remanded, police mentioned.
According to a criticism filed by Kozhikode native Abdul Majeed with the police in 2012, the 2 accused — Nair and Biju Radhakrishnan had taken Rs 42.70 lakhs from him for offering franchise of their firm moreover putting in photo voltaic panels in his workplace and home.
But, neither was the contract executed nor the cash refunded, the complainant acknowledged.
The trial courtroom was to ship the judgement in February however for the reason that accused didn’t flip up, the pronouncement needed to be postponed.
Biju Radhakrishanan and Saritha Nair are the primary and second accused respectively within the case, the trial of which started on January 25, 2018.
Saritha S Nair and her confederate Biju Radhakrishnan had swindled many individuals of crores of rupees promising to put in photo voltaic panels and providing franchise and jobs of their firm, Team Solar Renewable Energy Solutions Company.