Mahesh Langa, a Gujarat-based senior assistant editor at The Hindu, was on Tuesday morning placed under arrest along with three others by the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB). AdvertisementWhile Langa is not named in the FIR, his cousin Manojkumar Langa is named as one of the proprietors of an Ahmedabad-based firm, DA Enterprise, in which Mahesh Langa’s wife is a partner, the police have alleged. According to the FIR, the alleged fraud is said to have been committed between February 1 and May 1 last year. The police then questioned Mahesh Langa and found that he was the one who was handling the entire firm,” he alleged. AdvertisementOn Mahesh Langa’s name not figuring in the FIR, he said, “Just because his name is not there in the FIR does not mean Mahesh Langa is not an accused.

Source: The Hindu October 08, 2024 17:14 UTC