Bail plea of Madurai Mayors husband dismissed

The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Madurai, on Wednesday dismissed the bail petition of Pon Vasanth, husband of Madurai Mayor Indrani Pon Vasanth. Pon Vasanth is likely one of the accused within the property tax rip-off in Madurai Corporation.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the multi-crore property tax rip-off of Madurai Corporation arrested Pon Vasanth in Chennai on August 12.

Judge S. Sivakadatcham dismissed the bail petition filed by Pon Vasanth. The decide additionally dismissed the bail petition filed by one P. Ravichandran who labored as a Revenue Assistant in Madurai Corporation.

The decide noticed that the offences mentioned to have been dedicated by the petitioners can’t be taken frivolously. Investigation was occurring. At this stage, if the petitioners had been launched on bail, they may tamper with the proof which is able to hamper the pending investigation.

Considering the seriousness of the offences, the decide held that the petitioners deserved no consideration for bail at this stage and dismissed the petitions.

The case of the prosecution is that the fraud got here to gentle in September 2024 when the then Corporation commissioner discovered some irregularities within the data and lodged a police grievance. An audit crew discovered that property taxes of 150 buildings had been intentionally lowered with out following correct procedures and their assessment uncovered irregularities within the data of UTIS, a web-based property tax administration platform. Bribes had been accepted to decrease taxes.