Actor Vishal Krishna, general secretary of the South Indian Artistes’ Association, also known as Nadigar Sangam, has sent a letter to the Inspector General of Police, North Zone, requesting them to take action against Radha Ravi and three others for committing fraud.
The letter read, “I solicit the indulgence of your esteemed self to please look into my complaint and initiate necessary penal actions for creating forged documents, using forged documents as genuine, for the purpose of the sale, selling the entrusted association land and converting the sale proceeds for their own use with the ulterior motive for wrongful gain against (1) Radha Ravi (2) R Sarathkumar (3) KR Selvaraj and (4) MNK Natesan and recover the sales proceeds in accordance with law to protect the interest of the association and oblige.”
Earlier, thethe Associat filed a case against its former office-bearers Ravi, Sarathkumar, Selvaraj and Natesan for having “fraudulently” sold 26 cents of land owned by the Association at Vedamangalam village.
The case was registered in Chingleput against Ravi, the former general secretary of the Association (2000-2015), Sarathkumar, former president of the Association (2006-2015), KN Kalai, former treasurer (2006), Selvaraj and MKN Natesan, executive committee members of the Association during the year 2006 under the sections 465 (forgery), 471 (using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 34 (criminal act) of the IPC.
A showcause notice was also sent earlier on 19.09.2016 to the above mentioned, except Kalai, who has passed away. It was said that they initially sought time for various reasons but did not give any proper reply to the Association.
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The Association has also filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to direct the Kancheepuram district crime branch to take action. According to a report in The Hindu, the association also alleged that the police were reluctant to register an FIR. “The petitioner is forced to assume that since the accused persons are powerful persons, the respondent police is hesitating to take action,” said the Nadigar Sangam.