rajneesh madhok
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- Jan 1, 2010
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NRI pays lakhs for divorce
Investigation into the fake divorce case involving an NRI engineer who was ar-rested on Tuesday evening along with his parents at Chinnamathampalayam near here has uncovered a thriving racket in the judiciary wherein divorces can be obtained without following any of the court rules for a price. Mr V.B. Sivakumar (36), who was arrested for obtaining a fake divorce from his first wife and remarrying a local girl recently, had reportedly paid two local advocates several lakhs to arrange for the divorce.
“Sivakumar was in Coi-mbatore earlier this year when he came in contact with an advocate who had promised to get him a div-orce by producing two fake persons for a sum of around Rs 5 lakh,” a police officer said. After striking the deal with the advocates, Mr Sivakumar left for Austra-lia while his parents Mr V.K. Balaraman and Mr B. Leelavathi, coordinated with the two advocates. Both lawyers are currently absconding. “While a normal divorce case by mutual consent costs just a few thousand rupees, the huge money transaction between Sivakumar and the advocates clearly exposes that several people are involved in this fraud,” a senior police officer added. “More arrests are likely. We will know the full details only when the absconding advocates are nabbed.”
The fraud came to light after Sivakumar’s first wi-fe, Ms Swarnalatha from Varadarajapuram found out on social networking site Facebook that he had remarried. Upon approac-hing the local police, Ms Swarnalatha, who works in Singapore, found that the accused had obtained a divorce certificate without her knowledge. The police then launched a hunt for the accused who was arrested along with his parents from a relative’s home.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/coimbatore/nri-pays-lakhs-divorce-785
Rajneesh Madhok
Investigation into the fake divorce case involving an NRI engineer who was ar-rested on Tuesday evening along with his parents at Chinnamathampalayam near here has uncovered a thriving racket in the judiciary wherein divorces can be obtained without following any of the court rules for a price. Mr V.B. Sivakumar (36), who was arrested for obtaining a fake divorce from his first wife and remarrying a local girl recently, had reportedly paid two local advocates several lakhs to arrange for the divorce.
“Sivakumar was in Coi-mbatore earlier this year when he came in contact with an advocate who had promised to get him a div-orce by producing two fake persons for a sum of around Rs 5 lakh,” a police officer said. After striking the deal with the advocates, Mr Sivakumar left for Austra-lia while his parents Mr V.K. Balaraman and Mr B. Leelavathi, coordinated with the two advocates. Both lawyers are currently absconding. “While a normal divorce case by mutual consent costs just a few thousand rupees, the huge money transaction between Sivakumar and the advocates clearly exposes that several people are involved in this fraud,” a senior police officer added. “More arrests are likely. We will know the full details only when the absconding advocates are nabbed.”
The fraud came to light after Sivakumar’s first wi-fe, Ms Swarnalatha from Varadarajapuram found out on social networking site Facebook that he had remarried. Upon approac-hing the local police, Ms Swarnalatha, who works in Singapore, found that the accused had obtained a divorce certificate without her knowledge. The police then launched a hunt for the accused who was arrested along with his parents from a relative’s home.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/coimbatore/nri-pays-lakhs-divorce-785
Rajneesh Madhok
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