Right-wing activist Chaitra K, prime accused in a case of allegedly cheating a businessman of ₹5 crore after promising him a BJP ticket to contest the Assembly elections, was granted bail along with her associate Srikanth on December 5, 2023.
Cashing in on her proximity with a BJP and RSS leader, Chaitra and her associates lured Govindababu Pujari and took ₹5 crore from him promising him a BJP ticket to contest the MLA seat from his home constituency, Byndoor, in the Karnataka Assembly elections. However, they failed to honour the promise.
Based on a complaint by Mr. Pujari, the CCB arrested Chaitra on September 12 from Udupi along with her associates. They questioned her in detail before filing a charge-sheet and seizing the money as well as valuables which she had purchased using the sum.
Chaitra, along with her associates, had filed a bail application and the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate granted the two conditional bail on Monday.
The duo had furnished two sureties along with ₹2 lakh bond each and agreed to the condition that they would not influence the witnesses in the case in any manner.
