KASARGOLD: The Crime Branch has submitted the charge sheet in the Fashion Gold deposit scam case. 29 persons, including former Manjeshwar MLA MC Kamaruddin, have been named as accused in the charge sheet. A total of 168 cases have been registered in connection with the Fashion Gold deposit scam. The charge sheet has been submitted in Kasaragod and Kannur Additional District Courts in the 15 cases where the investigation has been completed.

It is stated in the charge sheet that the accused committed a fraud of 17 crores. Kamaruddin, chairman of Fashion Gold, is the first accused in the case. Managing Director Pookkoya Thangal is the second accused. They have been charged with fraud and breach of trust.

The government had earlier confiscated the properties of the company and the accused in the case. It has been submitted to the court for confirmation. The Fashion Ornaments Jewelry building located in Payyannur town, one-acre land bought in Pookkoya’s name at Silikunda Village in Bengaluru, land bought in Kasargod Town for Qamar Fashion Gold Jewellery, land in the name of Pookkoya in Maniyat, 17 cents of land in Udinur in the name of Kamaruddin and 23 cents of land in the name of Kamaruddin's wife were confiscated.

The Crime Branch team under the leadership of SP P Sadanandan is investigating the complaints of 263 people in Kasargod, Kannur and Kozhikode districts. The charge sheet has been prepared in 35 cases. It will be submitted to the court as soon as final approval is obtained from the higher authorities.