Don’s wife held in land case

The Kancheepuram police have arrested the slain Kanchi don Sridhar Dhanapalan’s wife Kumari and four others for allegedly cheating in a land deal in 2015.

Police said that Sridhar Dhanapalan’s aides struck a deal to register the property measuring 31 acres in Chengalpet that belonged to Lakshmana Murthy of Vadapalani and two others – Thentamil Selvan and Rajendran. They entered into a deal for about Rs 15 crore and Rs 11 crore was paid to the land owners. In turn, the land was registered in the name of Sridhar’s wife Kumari and Sridhar’s brother Senthil’s wife Nirmala.

The suspects Arul, ‘Iyer’ Kannan and Mahendra Shalani helped them to register the deal. Since they failed to settle the remaining money, three owners registered a complaint.