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Dubai: Millionaire Gokulam Gopalan's son in UAE jail for forging documents

  •   Wed, Aug 28 2019 06:49:29 PM

Dubai, Aug 28 (IANS): Byju Gopalan, son of business honcho Gokulam Gopalan, is presently lodged in a United Arab Emirates (UAE) jail for forging documents.

Gopalan senior, is a millionaire with huge interests in chit funds, owns hospitals, hotels, jewellery shops, and is a leading producer and distributor in the South Indian film industry.

His arrested son has business interests in the UAE. The UAE authorities enforced a travel ban on him in a cheque dishonour case after which he is unable to travel out of the Emirates.


Gokulam Gopalan

Two weeks back, however, Byju Gopalan was caught by officials at the Oman-UAE border when he was trying to leave the country by road.

With the immigration officials finding his documents to be suspect, he was taken into custody by the Oman Police and was handed over to the UAE authorities. He is now lodged in a jail in Al-Ain city.

Gopalan senior is now in the UAE trying to secure bail for his son.

This development comes at a time when Gokulam Gopalan's business rival Vellapally Natesan's son, Tushar Vellapally, is also facing a travel ban in the UAE in a cheque dishonour case. He is currently out of jail on bail.

 
  

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Behind the curtain of hype & hoopla a big vacuum has developed in their economies, which is not coming out in the open!

    Employees, in many cos are not paid salaries for months together; many expatriates are leaving due to tough job & economic crises!

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  • JNB, Bejai,Mangalore

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    one thing is clear!
    The more you bigger!
    Thee more bigger your problems which is not easy to digest!
    Within family or outside but something is there!
    Smaller people are having smaller problems which can be tackled easily even not fully,
    # Roti: (by earning daily wages,or from some humanity sources)
    # Makan:If not own hut but a rented or sponsored stay)
    # Kapda: if not new but atleast old worn out.

    Rich and bigger has a different problems which is beyond control.

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  • Lloyd, Udupi/ UK

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
    —Balzac

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    This country is also under lots of financial strain the details of which are not published; big scams by organised crime syndicates are going on! Recently a number of rice exporters were duped by a rogue co there: Read news report below:

    “What is at stake here are not some small packets but nearly 250 rice shipping containers measuring 20 X 8 feet each. Put end to end they could occupy a football field,” says an exasperated Vipin Goel, managing director of Kamla Rice and General Mills in Karnal, a city located in the north Indian state of Haryana.

    “So many shipping containers can’t disappear from a warehouse just like that,” Goel reasons.

    But vanish they have – not just the containers but also the owner and the entire staff of Dubai’s Al Rawnaq Al Thahbhi General Trading which ordered around 6,000 tonnes of rice from 20 odd exporters in India between March and April this year.

    To give you an idea, 6,000 tonnes of rice can feed UAE’s entire population of 9.68 million for almost five days....

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  • Abdullah Amin, Pumpwell, Mangalore

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Cheque bouncing is a ripple effect. A serial happening leading to several serious bankruptcy.

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  • Moshu, Mangalore

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Nowadays everything becoming fake like your identity.

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  • netizen, Mangaluru

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Mr. Gopalan should first understand that there is no space for a bit of offence in Arabian land nor he is that much smart like fugitives Malya,Choksi and Modi who left the country dodging incompetent Indian agencies nor he is that much lucky to having the blessings of administration in UAE which can help him to leave the country.

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  • D DSOUZA, M'Lore/Dubai

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    If you have money /power you can escape with Indian law ... but not in UAE law
    Here rich people also going to jail,

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  • Francis Lobo, MANGALORE

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Why Indian government does not arrest such cheats for their adventure in India. They are only caught in UAE & other countries & arrested. Seems Indian system the rich & famous go Scot free & only a small fellow is arrested or punished

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  • JNB, Bejai,Mangalore

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Indian government officials are more interested in catching bike riders without Helmets,Trucks from another states entering even with valid permit ans excise paid bills.
    *There is more revenue, each truck has to shell out Rs 8 to 10 thousands in total to enter another state with goods even there is valid road permit and all excise paid bills.
    The money collected by a small cops shares till top to bottom according to his rank! is a bitter truth! . (When we checked with a constable some years back he was getting only Rs.75/- day for collecting all these things,rest all every 15-20 minutes one jeep comes and collects from him which I seen my own near trucks are entering from another states)

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  • H. Almeida., Bendur/Andheri

    Wed, Aug 28 2019

    This is the real irony, of the rich and the powerful..... The more they have, the more they want !!!!!!!

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Wed, Aug 28 2019

    How is that millionaires son's are issuing cheques without sufficient funds? Which means something is going wrong with their financial health?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Nashville

    Wed, Aug 28 2019

    Why everyone wants to become rich by Cheating ...

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  • Abdullah Amin, Pumpwell, Mangalore

    Thu, Aug 29 2019

    Like our Chidu, NDTV and it's Anchors!!

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  • Rita, Germany

    Wed, Aug 28 2019

    Yes in every famous family there is always a black sheep .cant avoid.Sometimes children try to ape father ,or mother,but fail while they dont have talents.Thatswhy never try to ape one.Be yourself.There are so many famous singers in USA ,whose
    children never succeeded to be like them and have suecided.Hope he learnt his lessons.If father succeeds to bring him out?

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  • LAN.........,, Belman / Washington, DC.

    Wed, Aug 28 2019

    Rita,

    Its called 'PANGA NAAMA' in kannada....

    ...Tak...Takk...

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