BDJS leader Thushar Vellapally held in UAE in cheque case

August 22, 2019 12:26

Thushar Vellapally, president of Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), a coalition partner of the BJP-led NDA in Kerala, has been arrested at Ajman in UAE in connection with a Rs 19 crore cheque case.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention in the matter.

Vellapally is also the vice president of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, a prominent organisation of the backward Ezhava community in the state.

The arrest was on a complaint from a Thrissur native N Abdulla in a Rs 19 crore cheque case of 2009 when Vellapally was running a construction business in Ajman, according to media reports.

Thushar Vellapally had unsuccessfully contested as the NDA candidate from Wayanad in the Lok Sabha elections in April 23 this year, in which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had emerged triumphant.

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