Ex-min’s aides arrested in cheating case

Chennai: The Tiruvallur police booked a cheating case against the manager of former AIADMK minister

B V Ramana

and his assistant on Friday.The district crime branch (DCB) police have booked them under IPC section 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) against

Sivaprakasam

, manager and

Annamalai

, employed at the former minister's office based on a complaint from

Balakrishnan

, 35.Police said Balakrishnan met Annamalai at the MLA’s office in Tiruvallur in 2015. He claimed to be the personal assistant of the minister and took 3.50 lakh from him at the office promising a job in the transport department. But he failed to get him any job and kept dodging him without returning the money. The complainant alleged that despite giving a written agreement to return the money in three months, the duo cheated him.
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