Rajkot: A court in Amreli convicted two persons including Shambhu Dhanani, uncle of Congress chief Paresh Dhanani, in reference to a 1997 fund embezzlement and cheating case. The court sentenced them to seven years in jail and imposed fine of Rs 4.80lakh in 3 different cases.
Shambhu may be member of Amreli District Panchayat. He used to be also chairman of district panchayat’s building committee.
Chief judicial magistrate Dr. M S Pande sentenced Shambhu and Abdul Chauhan to seven years in prison and imposed fine of Rs 4.80 after finding the duo in charge of cheating.
According to case main points, Shabmbhu and Chauhan were staff of Amreli Nagrik Sahkari Bank as a cashier and account clerk respectively.
As in step with the complaint registered by way of the bank, the accused duo had allegedly embezzled nearly Rs 2 lakh of the bank. They used to obtain the cash from the shoppers and make entries in their passbooks, but the same quantity used to be not mirrored in bank’s ledger.
They were booked below IPC phase 406, 420 and 114.
Talking to TOI, assistant public prosecutor M J Dindor mentioned, “Shambhu used to be convicted in two cases and Chauhan used to be convicted in 3 cheating cases. The third accused died all through the trial.” Both accused were despatched to custody soon after the court gave its judgment.
Shambhu may be member of Amreli District Panchayat. He used to be also chairman of district panchayat’s building committee.
Chief judicial magistrate Dr. M S Pande sentenced Shambhu and Abdul Chauhan to seven years in prison and imposed fine of Rs 4.80 after finding the duo in charge of cheating.
According to case main points, Shabmbhu and Chauhan were staff of Amreli Nagrik Sahkari Bank as a cashier and account clerk respectively.
As in step with the complaint registered by way of the bank, the accused duo had allegedly embezzled nearly Rs 2 lakh of the bank. They used to obtain the cash from the shoppers and make entries in their passbooks, but the same quantity used to be not mirrored in bank’s ledger.
They were booked below IPC phase 406, 420 and 114.
Talking to TOI, assistant public prosecutor M J Dindor mentioned, “Shambhu used to be convicted in two cases and Chauhan used to be convicted in 3 cheating cases. The third accused died all through the trial.” Both accused were despatched to custody soon after the court gave its judgment.
Paresh Dhanani’s kin get 7 years in jail in 1997 cheating case
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