Inspector General of Police Pramod Kumar, an accused in an extortion case that is connected to the multi-crore Paazee forex scam, on Tuesday submitted additional grounds for his discharge petition that was filed before the CBI court last week. The Second Additional District Court, which handles CBI cases, will hear the petition on Wednesday.
The Court sources said that Mr. Kumar’s counsel submitted the additional grounds for the discharge petition that was filed on October 27 in the 2012 case. The plea is to seek the court to discharge him from the case before the framing of charges. A senior counsel from Chennai is likely to appear before the court for Mr. Kumar on Wednesday.
The five accused in the case are Mr. Kumar; 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.
On October 27, the court recalled a non-bailable warrant that was issued against Mr. Kumar and directed him to appear before it without fail on November 4.
The case is linked to the cheating of several investors of about ₹930 crore by Tiruppur-based Paazee Forex Trading India Private Limited in 2009.
