Dubai: The son of a political leader in the South Indian state of Kerala, who is facing allegations of cheating a Dubai company to the tune of Dh7 million, was fined Dh60,000 in two bounced cheque cases last year, Gulf News can reveal.
Court sources confirmed that the defendant, Binoy Vinodini Balakrishnan — son of the state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Kodiyeri Balakrishnan — had also paid the fine amount issued in bounced cheque cases totalling Dh3 million last year.
The Dubai Misdemeanours Court fined the defendant Dh30,000 each in two bounced cheque cases on November 5, sources told Gulf News.
They said the defendant was charged with issuing two dud cheques for Dh1 million and Dh2 million.
“The complainant (a private company) lodged one case on July 11 and the other case was lodged on August 13. The defendant has already paid the fines,” said a source.
The public prosecution system does not show any further criminal cases lodged against the defendant. However, there could be a new police complaint that might have been lodged against him, the source added.
Meanwhile, the allegation by Hasan Ismaeel Abdulla Al Marzooqi, owner of Jaas Tourism LLC in Dubai, that Binoy, who was a partner in a Sharjah-based company, absconded from Dubai after cheating him and his partner of Dh7 million including bank interest and legal charges raked up a huge controversy in the South Indian state on Wednesday.
While Binoy rejected the charges and claimed that it was a 2014 case that had already been settled, opposition political parties Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party sought explanations from Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
In his written complaint published by Indian media, a copy of which is with Gulf News, Al Marzooqi sought the help of Indian government officials for extraditing Binoy who had allegedly evaded paying in full the money he had borrowed through the former’s partner, Rahul Krishnan.
He claimed Binoy had borrowed Dh313,200 for buying an Audi car and another Dh4.5 million for business deals in the UAE, India, Saudi Arabia and Nepal.
Al Marzooqi stated that he had deposited the cheques furnished by Binoy only after several attempts, including discussions with Balakrishnan to settle the payment, failed in the period between 2015 and 2017.
The three guarantee cheques deposited on May 16, 2017 returned unpaid due to insufficient funds, said Al Marzooqi. He also mentioned the file numbers of criminal cases which he registered against Binoy with Dubai Police. However, the file numbers showed the cases were registered in 2016.
Al Marzooqi said the Dubai Public Prosecution had proclaimed Binoy as a wilful defaulter in the UAE and the court had asked to file an Interpol request so as to bring him back for the payment.
He added that legal procedures to issue an Interpol Red Warrant against Binoy had been initiated in the Dubai Criminal Court.
Al Marzooqi did not respond to calls from Gulf News.
