# Chennai couple arrested after 10 years for Rs 1.05 crore fraud 2026-08-26T23:11:24+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The central crime branch police in Chennai on Tuesday arrested a couple who had been absconding for over a decade for allegedly cheating a man of more than Rs 1.05 crore. J Dharani, 49, and his wife D Rajalakshmi, 41, were arrested by a special team formed under Inspector L Sarojini using modern technology, police said. According to Hindustan Times, the couple met the complainant V James through a common friend in 2010 and promised high returns from a real estate business. James invested Rs 58.13 lakh in instalments between 2010 and 2011, paid Rs 22 lakh as chit fund money to Rajalakshmi, and another Rs 57 lakh demanded under various reasons. Deccan Chronicle reports that James was introduced to Rajalakshmi through his wife's school friend Karpagam, and the couple said they were running a profitable real estate business. After collecting the money, the couple went missing. James filed a complaint on April 20, 2015. Both accused were produced before a court on Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Hindustan Times and Deccan Chronicle present the arrest as a straight police account, with no editorial slant. Hindustan Times provides a detailed breakdown of the amounts and the chit fund element, while Deccan Chronicle focuses on the personal connection through a school friend. The uniform framing suggests the police narrative went unchallenged. The next step is the couple's trial, which will depend on the evidence gathered during the decade-long probe. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight police report with detailed financial breakdown - deccanchronicle.com (neutral report) Straight police report with personal connection details This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-26T23:20:51+00:00. Tags: Central Crime Branch, Chennai, Indian Penal Code Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/chennai-couple-arrested-for-cheating-man-of-rs-1-crore-after-10-years/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/chennai-couple-arrested-for-cheating-man-of-rs-1-crore-after-10-years/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/