Former Indian cricketer’s father arrested on account of a fraud case

Naman Ojha was a name often spoken about as having immense potential to make it big on the international stage. But a couple of off seasons in the Indian T20 League and the domestic circuit of Indian cricket gradually saw Ojha disappearing from the main scheme of Indian cricket. After this Ojha also announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

But it is not cricketing reasons for which he is on the news. Naman’s father VK Ojha has been arrested by Multai police in Betul district. He is alleged with the charge of opening fake Bank accounts in the Maharashtra Bank’s branch in the Jhaulkheda district. According to the police, a sum of about INR 1.25 Cr has been drawn on account of the KCC loan using these accounts.

The cricketer’s father has indulged in the scheme with his associates during his tenure as the Bank’s branch manager at Jhaulkheda. A criminal case was lodged against him on this account in 2013 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The police arrested VK Ojha on Monday and produced him in the court of the Judicial Magistrate. He was ordered to be put into police custody in court.

As the police have reported, one Abhishek Ratnam was posted as the branch manager of the Jhaulkheda branch of Bank of Maharashtra. He hatched a conspiracy to take loans from the bank along with others. On June 2, 2013, about 34 fake accounts were opened. A sum of about INR 1.35 Cr of KCC loans was withdrawn from these accounts. Some other employees were also involved in the development.

Naman Ojha had been a common name in the Indian T20 League. He has played 113 matches in the tournament and has scored 1554 runs in them at an average of 20.7 and a strike rate of 118.3. He also made international appearances for the Indian team playing one Test match and one ODI. Ojha was recently seen in action playing in the Legend’s Cricket league, where he scored volumes of runs.