Bangalore, May 04: Cases were registered against a bishop of the Church of South India (CSI) and his family after a court directed police to look into a complaint of alleged misappropriation of fund by the religious leader.
A metropolitan magistrate court had yesterday instructed the police to investigate allegations against S Vasanth Kumar, his wife, daughter and private secretary on the basis of a complaint filed by a member of St Peter’s Church in Kolar Gold Fields, police told PTI.
The complainant alleged that they cheated the CSI to the tune of several lakhs by fabricating documents pertaining to the Bishop Cotton Boys’ School and Bishop Cotton Girls’ School.
Bishop and his wife maintained a joint account in a bank and transferred funds from school accounts to their personal accounts. The alleged fraud has been going on since April 2002, according to the complainant.
–Agencies