Thursday, October 14, 2010

Malaysia cops in city, quiz Usharani

CHENNAI: Officers of the Royal Malaysian Police arrived in the city on Wednesday to question Usha Rani, the second wife of millionaire movie financier A. Muthuraja who was allegedly murdered by two brothers in Malaysia few months ago. Lawyers Pathmanaban and Surendar have been charged with a string of murders, including those of self-made Malaysian cosmetics queen Sosilawati Lawiya and her associates.

Usha submitted several of her husband’s documents and papers to the Malaysian cops for verification after being summoned to the Malaysian deputy high commission in Nungambakkam on Thursday. “The inquiry went on for five hours. I handed over my husband’s laptop and some documents pertaining to land and business deals in which he and the lawyer brothers were involved,” Usha told this newspaper.

“They checked the system and the documents and returned them,” she added. Usha said she had also handed over two cellphones containing recordings of conversations she had with the lawyers to the Malaysian police. “I hope the evidence will help prove them guilty,” she added. Muthuraja, a resident of Ramapuram in Chennai, went missing after meeting two lawyer brothers in Malaysia on January 18. When Usha Rani contacted Surendar and Padmanaban, they told her that they were not aware of his whereabouts.

Usha Rani lodged a complaint with the Banting police and a probe revealed that the lawyers were involved in many other murders. The lawyers were arrested and on interrogation allegedly admitted that they had murdered Muthuraja after falling out with him over a business deal.