В Коппале задержали главного фигуранта скандала с хищением 80 млн рублей в KUDA и его жену

Koppal: Police have arrested Ravindra Kumar, a key accused in the alleged Koppal Urban Development Authority (Kuda) scam, and his wife, Rama , at a tollgate in Chitradurga. According to police sources, the couple had come to Koppal to seek bail and were returning to Bengaluru when Koppal police, acting on specific intelligence, tracked their movements and intercepted their vehicle at the Chitradurga tollgate. They are being brought to Koppal for further proceedings. SP Ram L Arasiddi later confirmed the arrests in a brief statement accompanied by photographs of the accused. He identified the arrested individuals as Ravindra Kumar, 56, son of Ramachar Bevinal and an accountant (SDA daily-wage employee) with Kuda, and his wife Rama, 48. A senior police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the couple would undergo preliminary questioning before being produced before a court. The investigation team is expected to seek their custody for further interrogation. Given the alleged scale of the scam, investigators are likely to require considerable time to question the accused, the officer added. The arrests stem from allegations that over Rs 8 crore belonging to Kuda was illegally diverted by Ravindra Kumar and former commissioner Yoganand to bank accounts allegedly created using forged documents, as well as to accounts linked to their relatives.