A. R. Gopinathan, accused within the BSNL Engineers Cooperative Society Ltd rip-off, has reportedly been taken into custody by the Crime Branch. A former president of the society, Mr. Gopinathan was picked up from Kottarakkara. The 73-year-old is accused of dishonest depositors within the BSNL Engineers Cooperative Society Ltd (No. T 950) of crores of rupees. The police had issued a look-out discover for Mr. Gopinathan and Rajeev A. R., a clerk on the society. A courtroom in Thiruvananthapuram had rejected their bail pleas in January, and since then, each males had been absconding. Mr. Rajeev is but to be discovered. Opposing the bail plea, the prosecution had identified that round 2,000 depositors had been cheated out of over ₹200 crore. The case is being investigated by the Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch.
