Solar panel scam case update: Guilty sentenced to 3 years in prison

Coimbatore: Judicial Magistrate Court VI, Kannan convicted actress Saritha Nair, her husband Biju Radhakrishnan and Manager Ravi in the solar panel scandal that took a heavy toll on Kerala. He then sentenced Saritha Nair and Manager Ravi to three years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 each. In the event of failing to pay the fine, the convicts will have to serve an additional term of nine months.

Coimbatore: Judicial Magistrate Court VI, Kannan convicted actress Saritha Nair, her husband Biju Radhakrishnan and Manager Ravi in the solar panel scandal that took a heavy toll on Kerala. He then sentenced Saritha Nair and Manager Ravi to three years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 each. In the event of failing to pay the fine, the convicts will have to serve an additional term of nine months.

Actress Saritha Nair was arrested in connection with the solar panel scam in Kerala. After many months she was released on bail. She accused many ministers in the Congress government of embezzlement.

Moreover, she accused the former CM of Kerala, Oommen Chandy and MLA Hibi Eden of sexually harassing her, which shocked the State. The case regarding the same was under investigation in the Kerala state court.

In the meantime, Saritha Nair was selling windmill equipment in a company named 'ICMS' in Vadavalli in 2009. She and her husband Biju Radhakrishnan and Manager Ravi duped Thiyagarajan, Chairman of Thiyagarajan Mills in Coimbatore to the tune of Rs. 28 lakhs and Rs. 5.5 lakhs from Venkataraman and Joyo, members of Sri Appu Babaji Charitable Trust in Ooty for setting up windmills. The case had been registered by the Coimbatore Criminal Branch police.

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