Malayalam
actor
Suresh
Gopi's
brother
Sunil
Gopi
has
reportedly
been
arrested
by
the
District
Crime
Branch
(DCB)
police
on
March
19,
2022,
in
the
land
scam
case.
According
to
Times
of
India
report,
the
actor's
brother
has
been
arrested
in
Kozhikode,
Kerala
for
allegedly
cheating
a
businessman
of
Rs
97
Lakh.
The
report
further
states
that
the
FIR
names
the
accused
as
Sunil
Gopi,
however,
the
sources
close
to
the
family
informed
the
portal
that
his
name
is
Sanal
Gopi.
As
per
the
complaint
lodged
by
R
Giridharan,
Sunil
duped
him
by
selling
land
with
fake
documents.
In
the
complaint,
Giridharan
mentioned
that
Sunil
approached
him
through
his
family
friend
Venkatachalam
on
November
19,
2021,
to
sell
his
4.52
acres
at
Mavuthampathi
in
Madukkarai
taluk
in
Coimbatore.
After
his
proposal,
Giridharan
agreed
to
buy
the
land
and
transferred
Rs
97
Lakh
to
Sunil,
his
relatives
Reena
and
her
husband
Sivadoss'
bank
accounts
from
September
28,
2021,
to
November
23,
2021.
The
land
registration
took
place
on
November
24,
2021.
After
the
registration,
Giridharan
applied
for
an
encumbrance
certificate
(EC)
and
learned
that
a
civil
case
was
pending
before
the
court
in
connection
with
the
land
he
purchased
from
Sunil.
Giridharan
confronted
Sunil
with
EC
on
December
25,
2021.
Sunil
had
promised
him
to
return
the
money
within
a
month,
however,
he
didn't
do
it.
When
Giridharan
approached
Sunil
again
on
February
20,
2022,
he
received
a
threat
from
the
latter.
Now,
the
DCB
cops
have
registered
a
case
against
Sunil
Gopi,
Reena
and
Sivadoss
under
sections
120
(B),
406,
420
and
471
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code.
The
judicial
magistrate
has
sent
him
to
judicial
custody
on
Sunday,
while
the
other
two
accused
have
not
been
arrested
yet.
More
details
are
awaited!