The special court for the trial of cases investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Coimbatore on Tuesday framed charges against Inspector General of Police Pramod Kumar and four others in a 2012 extortion case, linked to the multi-crore Paazee forex scam.
Judge S. Govindharajan read out the charges against Mr. Kumar, who is the first accused, and four others who were present at the court.
Mr. Kumar, currently posted as IGP of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited at Karur, and the others, namely N. Rajendran, who worked as deputy superintendent of police at Tiruppur town; V. Mohanraj, who was inspector of Central Crime Branch at Tiruppur; John Prabakar alias Annachi, a friend of the IPS officer from Mylapore; and N. Senthil Kumar, a resident of Tiruppur, denied the charges against them.