Court convicts poet's daughter for cheating

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">MUMBAI: A metropolitan magistrate recently convicted Kavita Surve, the daughter of acclaimed Marathi poet Narayan Surve, to one year imprisonment after she allegedly cheated a group of job-seekers to the tune of Rs 7 lakhs.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Surve, a beautician by profession, had allegedly promised to secure them placements in the railways and high profile banks, using her clout.She even charged a sum of Rs 25,000 from every applicant. However, the applicants approached the police after she failed to secure them jobs despite several weeks.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">An officer from the Bhoiwada police told TOI that a complaint had first been registered in December 2003 by a woman who accused Surve of cheating. This was followed by 24 other complainants accusing Surve of defrauding them.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">"On investigating we found that Surve, a resident of Parel, had invested the money in buying a flat at Virar and furnishing it. She had duped the job-seekers to the tune of Rs 7 lakhs, in all. She was arrested soon after and produced before the court where she cited severe health problems and requested speedy redressal," said an officer from Bhoiwada police.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Accordingly, the sessions court ordered a speed trial in a lower court. Eventually Surve was found guilty and convicted to one year imprisonment by magistrate Pawar. She has also been ordered to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 to the court.</span></div> </div>