Kerala solar scam: 3-year jail, Rs 1 crore fine for Saritha, partner

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The duo has also been charged with several criminal cases of cheating after investors, who had pumped in money in the solar energy projects mooted by the two, lost money.

While Radhakrishnan is already serving an imprisonment after a sessions court convicted him in a case pertaining to the murder of his wife Rashmi, Nair secured a bail from the court after the verdict.

Scores of cheating cases are pending against them in various courts in Kerala. However, in a few incidents Nair got also had out-of-court settlement with investors who had lost money in the solar project scam.

The scam had hit headlines in 2013. Three close aides of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy lost their job for their involvement in the scam and links with the con woman. Nair had revealed that several senior Congress leaders, including ministers, had sexually exploited her several times.