Thalappavu actress Dhanya Mary Varghese arrested in fraud case

Dhanya Mary Varghese has been arrested over a case related to fraudulence in construction and sale of flats in Kochi.

Published: December 16, 2016 4:58 PM IST

By Maggie Davis

Fraud Case
Dhanya Mary Varghese

Dhanya Mary Varghese is the popular actress of the Malayalam film industry. The 31-year-old actress who made her debut with Tamil film ‘Thirudi’ has reportedly been arrested for a fraud case. As per reports, the young actress was arrested by police after more than 40 persons filed complaint against her on cheating. Almost a month ago, her father-in-law Jacob Samson was arrested. These complainants lodged the complaint stating that they had booked apartments with Dhanya’s husband’s firm, Samson and Sons. The actress is serving as the director of sales at the real estate development firm.

Manorama News reports that the complainants have alleged that the accused that promised them to deliver construction of flats. There are reports stating that the accused collected money ranging from Rs. 40 lakhs to Rs. 1 crore more than 50 customers. The firm had apparently promised apartments in the Nova Castle flat complex proposed by the firm at Pattom in Thiruvananthapuram, reports New Indian Express. The accused had collected the money in the year 2011 but never delivered the flats on time.

When Jacob Samson was arrested last month crime detachment ACP Santhosh told Evartha, “We have arrested Jacob Samson as per numerous complaints received by us. In our initial investigation it is been found that an amount extending up to Rs 40 crores has been amassed by the latter, promising to build flats. John and his brother Sam are absconding. Their mobiles are switched off but we are full on to catch hold both.” (ALSO READ: FIR filed against Kapil Sharma for destroying mangroves)

There are also reports stating that in order to attract the customers, chairman of the real estate firm Jacob Samson used John Jacob and Dhanya Mary Varghese’s popularity, reports The Indian Express. Dhanya has been taken into custody for further interrogation over the complaints filed against her. On the work front, Dhanya was last seen in the Malayalam film ‘Deivathinte Swantham Devootty’. The other Malayalam films in which she worked are ‘Kerala Cafe’ and ‘Nayakan’. After tying the knot with John Jacob, she retired from the film industry.

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