Kovai Thangam's son-in-law's bail plea dismissed

Arun Prakash was arrested on the 19th by the police on a complaint lodged by Sindhuja's father Senkuttuvan that he had cheated her by giving fake cheques. A petition was filed in the court, JM: 7, seeking his release on bail. The magistrate who heard the case yesterday dismissed Arun Prakash's bail application.


Coimbatore: A Coimbatore court has dismissed the bail plea of a Coimbatore businessman who allegedly embezzled millions of rupees from a woman entrepreneur and her father.

Sindhuja from Kalapatti is a divorcee has lodged a money laundering complaint with the Coimbatore City Crime Branch police against Arun Prakash, (41), a former MLA and son-in-law of Kovai Thangam.

The complaint stated that, Arun Prakash, who said he was getting married, had allegedly received Rs 1.5 crore and committed fraud by claiming that they could do business jointly. Arun Prakash was arrested on the 19th by the police based on a complaint lodged by Sindhuja's father Senkuttuvan that he had cheated her by giving fake cheques.

A petition was filed in the court, JM: 7, seeking his release on bail. The magistrate who heard the case yesterday dismissed Arun Prakash's bail application. Meanwhile, Arun Prakash, who was lodged in the Avinashi Branch Jail, was admitted to the Coimbatore Government Hospital yesterday due to sudden illness.

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