Tainted educationist's wife to face trial under PMLA as CBI court bins plea

TD Prabhavathy, wife of disgraced educationist TD Naidu who allegedly cheated medical education aspirants by promising admission in his unrecognised institution in Tiruvallur district, will also face trial under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by Enforcement Directorate in the case.

- SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR @ Chennai

A special CBI court last week dismissed a discharge petition filed by Prabhavathy and said that prima facie, she had committed the offense under PMLA.

In November 2013, ED had registered a case against Naidu, Prabhavathy and others based on a CBI case registered to probe allegations of defrauding several persons including innocent students, the Andhra Bank and the Union Bank of India.

The central agency had arraigned Prabhavathy as an accused as she was one of the trustees of DD Medical Educational Trust, which had established the DD Medical College and DD Hospital and allegedly cheated the students and the banks.