HC issues notice to Police Commissioner

The Madras High Court today issued notice to the Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, and Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Vepery, Chennai, to file a reply on a criminal original petition against a person who allegedly cheated the petitioner of over Rs one crore.
J Sridharan of Chennai, working as an Assistant Manager in Tamil Nadu State Transport Department, filed the plea seeking a direction to register a case against one Thennarasu who, he alleged, cheated him of Rs 1,14,00,000, assuring jobs to aspiring candidates claiming he was a close friend of the personal assistant of former minister Senthil Balaji.

The petitioner claimed that he paid a total amount of Rs 1,86,50,000 from some aspiring candidates to him.
As the promised jobs did not materialise, the petitioner submitted Thennarasu, after repeated requests, returned Rs 66,50,000 on various dates and gave a cheque of Rs 1,14,00,000 in favour of one Devaraj but it bounced.
The petitioner submitted that he lodged a complaint with the Commissioner of Police early this month and it was forwarded to Central Crime Branch but no case was registered. He prayed the court for a direction to authorities to register a case and nominate a competent officer in the rank of assistant commissioner of police to probe it.

Justice R Mala, before whom the petition came up, issued notice to police returnable by a week.