Madras HC upholds two-year jail term for Sasikala’s husband Natarajan in 1994 car import case
In 2010, a CBI court convicted M Natarajan for evading duty while importing a car from the United Kingdom.
The Madras High Court on Friday upheld the two-year jail sentence for M Natarajan, the husband of jailed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader VK Sasikala, in a 1994 case of duty evasion, ANI reported.
In July 2010, a special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation had sentenced Natarajan and three others including his nephew, to two years of rigorous imprisonment for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 1.62 crore to the exchequer.
Natarajan had imported a Lexus luxury car in 1994, and was accused of forging documents to show that it was a used car to evade import duty.
The accused had appealed against the conviction in the Madras High Court.
Lexus import case: Madras HC upholds 2-year sentence awarded to VK Sasikala's husband M.Natarajan & a relative, Baskaran in 2010. Natarajan imported a Lexus car from UK and forged invoices in 1994.
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#BREAKING | Madras HC confirms two-year jail sentence to VK Sasikala’s husband Natarajan in tax evasion case | @nimumurali with more details pic.twitter.com/FLTvyeYLzT
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