Financier moves court against Dhanush's father

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has issued notice to the city police, on a direction petition seeking registration of a criminal case of cheating and breach of trust against actor Dhanush's director-father R Krishnamurthy alias Kasthooriraja.
Justice A Arumughaswamy issued notices to the city police commissioner and the deputy commissioner of police, returnable in two weeks, on a petition filed by a film financier S Mukanchand Bothra.
According to the financier, Kasthooriraja had obtained a loan of 65 lakh from him for business as well as family expenses in July this year.
Later, he had issued two cheques for 40 lakh and 25 lakh each as repayment, but they were returned for want of funds. As several attempts to contact the director failed, Bothra said he lodged a complaint of cheating and breach of trust with the commissioner.
Since there was no response from police, he said he was constrained to file the present petition to direct the police to accept his complaint and register a criminal case against Kasthooriraja.