Mahatma Gandhi’s great grand daughter, sentenced to jail in South Africa
mahatma Gandhi’s great grand daughter, ashish Lata Ramgobin who is 56 year old is recently sentenced to Jail on accusation of 6- million rand fraud and a forgery case. She has been sentenced to seven years jail by Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court. ashish Lata Ramgobin is a daughter of noted rights activist Ela gandhi and late Mewa Ramgobind. She was also refused leave to appeal both the conviction and the sentence by the court.
The trial against Lata Ramgobin was started in 2015. The Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi of National Prosecuting Authority had said that she had provided forged invoices and documents for a non-existent consignment from India. She had convinced the investors that 3 containers of Linen were being shipped from India. She defrauded a business man SR Maharaj after receiving an advance of Rs 6.2 million for this.
During the hearing on Monday, the court was informed that Lata mer Maharaj in august 2015 whose company provides finance to other companies on a profit share basis. She said that she was facing financial difficulties and asked Maharaj to give her 6.2 million. As a proof, she showed him the invooce of her purchase. Then a month later she sent him an invoice which looked like a NetCare invoice that the payment had made.
After that, Maharaj found out that the documents were forged and she had no any arrangements with NetCare, he laid criminal charges.