Birlas file criminal case against Lodha
The Birlas have opened another front in their legal battle against R S Lodha by filing a criminal case against him alleging forgery and falsification involving Rameshwara Jute Mill Ltd.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: The Birlas have opened another front in their legal battle against R S Lodha, who has laid claim to the Rs 5,000 crore assets of the M P Birla group, by filing a criminal case against him alleging forgery and falsification involving Rameshwara Jute Mill Ltd.
A city court on Tuesday issued summons against Lodha, chairman of the M P Birla group flagship Birla Corporation, along with six others and directed them to face trial in the case.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Jaladhar Mondal, holding that there were sufficient grounds to proceed against all the accused, issued the summons and transferred the case to the court of the 12th metropolitan magistrate, fixing the next date of hearing on August 7.
The rein of Rameshwara Jute Mill was wrested by the Birlas from the M P Birla group, which had been under the control of Lodha since the death of Priyamvada Birla in June 2004.
Apart from Lodha, criminal charges were brought against S N Prasad, S K Daga, Krishna Damani and R K Damani, erstwhile directors of the company and P K Ganeriwala and Umesh Verma, employees of the M P Birla group.
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The complaint was filed by the Rameshwara Jute Mills under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 406, 409 (criminal breach of trust) 465, 467, 471 (forging and using of forged documents), 477A (falsification of accounts) and 201 (causing disappearence of evidence) of IPC.Download
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