Kozhikode: A court here on Tuesday sentenced solar scam accused Saritha Nair to six years' rigorous imprisonment besides slapping a fine of Rs 40,000 on her in a cheating case in which she took money from a person but failed to deliver solar panels to him.
Incidentally, Saritha was ducking the Kozhikode Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, and despite a few warrants issued against her, she failed to appear before the court.
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Last week, the police from Kozhikode took Nair into custody from state capital Thiruvananthapuram and produced her before the court later in the day, which remanded her to judicial custody.
The counsel for the complainant told the media after the verdict that she is the second accused and the first accused -- R.B. Nair -- did not appear before the court as he is under quarantine, while the third accused in the case was let off on Tuesday.
Saritha can take credit for bringing down the Oommen Chandy-led UDF government (2011-16) on account of the scams involving her and a few office-bearers under Chandy's rule, which the Left used widely in their election campaign in 2016.