In the Court Embezzlement Case of “C Thinagaraja and Others,” the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has temporarily attached criminal profits in the form of real estate and personal belongings worth Rs. 1.15 crore that belong to C Thinagaraja and his family. It was discovered that the accused, C Thinagaraja, had engaged in dishonest and corrupt activities including the misappropriation of “Judicial Court Funds” of Rs. 1.15 Crore.
Based on a formal complaint (FIR) filed under many sections of the Indian Penal Code 1860 by the District Crime Branch (DCB), Pattukkottai, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, about the misuse of “Judicial Court Funds,” the ED began an investigation.
The results of the ED investigation showed that C Thinagaraja had prepared and signed payment instructions to banks without the honourable judge’s signature, corrected or forged the honourable judge’s checks, illegally deposited the honourable judge’s checks and amounts into his own bank accounts, and thus embezzled “Judicial Court Funds” totalling Rs. 1.15 crore while serving as Central Nazir and Translator at III, Additional District Court, Pattukottai.
Additionally, an ED investigation into the use of criminal proceeds (Rs. 1.15 crore) has shown that C Thinagaraja paid Rs. 44 lakhs for a ground floor plot in Pattukottai, Thanjavur, in the name of his wife Manimozhi, and then spent another Rs. 31 lakhs building a first floor; he also paid Rs. 18 lakhs for an Innova Crysta car in his son’s name, and he parked Rs. 20.50 lakhs in his home, which was seized by the DCB, Thanjavur.
Therefore, the ED temporarily seized the tainted moveable and immovable properties valued at Rs. 1.15 Crore that belonged to C Thinagaraja and his family after proving the money trail of profits of crime with the assets obtained. Additional research is currently being conducted.
