Tale of film producer who started out as a college-seat broker
With film producer S Madhan (45) having been finally arrested from his hideout in Tirupur, ending the six-month long search operation, the police is now expected to speed up their investigation related to allegations against him. He is accused of usurping crores of rupees collected from aspiring medical students with a promise of seats in exchange in SRM University.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-11-22 03:42 GMT
Chennai
Tracing his journey, police sources said Madhan started out as a ‘broker’ by approaching the SRM University and a few other private medical colleges with admissions. However, he raised in ranks and gained close proximity to the Founder TR Pachamuthu with his ‘loyalty’, it is said.
With the commission he earned by getting college seats for medical and engineering aspirants, Madhan later ventured into film production. The police still do not know as to how many houses he has in the city and the assets he has accumulated over the years. In his suicide note, which had gone viral, Madhan had stated that he had collected money to the tune of crores, which was with the SRM management. He said that he could not get them seats due to the introduction of NEET, an all-India entrance exam for medical aspirants.
The first complaint against Madhan was registered soon after his disappearance on May 27. K Jayachandran, father of an aspiring medical student, had lodged a complaint with the police stating that he met Madhan at his Vendhar television office in Vadapalani and gave him Rs 53 lakh for a medical seat. During the investigations, the police arrested IJK party leader Srinivasa Babu, Madhan’s manager Venkat Sudhir, accountant Gunashekar and agent Vijay Pandi.
TRACING MADHAN
- May 27: Madhan disappears leaving a suicide note behind stating he was headed to Varanasi to attain samadhi.
- June 1: Madan’s wife and mother (on June 6) file habeas corpus petitions seeking a direction to Virugambakkam police to produce Madhan before the court.
- June 2: A city police team sets out to Varanasi, Rishikesh and Haridwar to trace Madhan.
- June 9: The High Court entrusted the investigation of tracing Madhan with Central Crime Branch.
- June 14: SRM University chancellor TR Pachamuthu alias Pari Vendhar files a complaint with police accusing Madhan of receiving money from public with a promise of seats in the former’s institutions.
- August 26: CCB police detains Pachamuthu for his alleged connection with Madhan.
- September 9: Pachamuthu is bailed out as he deposits a cheque for Rs 75 crore as directed by the court.
- September 21: HC orders CoP Chennai to arrest Madhan before October 6.
- November 20: Police finally nab Madhan in Tirupur when he arrived from Manipur to visit a woman. It is said that both were constantly in touch during his absconding period.
123 complaints police received against Madhan with cheating charges to the tune of Rs 84.27 crore after promising admissions in SRM’s medical college at suburban Kattankulathur
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