3 get jail for cheating couple with fake ayurvedic drugs
Ramesh Govindappa Gollar, Bharat (Durgappa), and Ravi Onikeri were convicted for cheating and sentenced to jail under the provisions of IPC and the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Act.
Saroja, a resident of Dechur in Madikeri, filed a complaint against the trio, accusing them of cheating her and taking Rs 8.7 lakh from them under the pretext of providing fake ayurvedic drugs to cure her husband Kalappa's health problems.
Ramesh Govindappa Gollar, the prime accused, convinced her that ayurvedic medicine was good for the disease her husband was suffering from. He made her believe that his mother also had the same disease and was cured after taking the medicine. He claimed that the medicine was available only at the ayurvedic shop in Kushalnagar.
Later, Saroja and Kalappa were taken to Kushalnagar, where they met Bharat (Durgappa), another accused, and paid Rs 8.7 lakh as expenses.
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They transferred the amount to another accused, Ravi Onikeri, through two cheques issued by Saroja.
Later, the couple discovered that the medicine was fake and they were tricked by the trio. She then filed a case with Madikeri city station. The then police sub-inspector MT Anthima conducted the investigation and submitted a chargesheet against the accused.
Madikeri CJM court judge C Veerabhadraiah sentenced all three accused to two years in jail under various sections of IPC and the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Act and fined them.
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