Rajenthra Bhalaji remanded to judicial custody till Jan. 20
The Hindu
The former minister was held in connection with cheating cases.
Former State Minister, K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji, who was arrested from Karnataka on Wednesday in connection with cheating cases, has been remanded in judicial custody till January 20.
Mr. Bhalaji was produced before Judicial Magistrate Court II at Srivilliputtur in the early hours of Thursday.The Judicial Officer, V. Paramveer, ordered his remand.
District Crime Branch had registered two cases against the former Minister for Milk and Dairy Development on December 15 last year on the charge of cheating several persons by taking money on the promise of getting them jobs in Aavin and other Government departments.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.