A 56-year-old great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in Durban, South Africa. He is accused of cheating and forgery, on Monday, the court convicted Ashish Lata Ramgobin.
Ashish Lata Ramgobin was found guilty by the court in the fraud case of 6 million South African rand (3 crore 22 lakh 84 thousand 460 Indian rupees).
Ashish Lata Ramgobin is accused of cheating businessman SR Maharaj. SR Maharaj had given Rs 6.2 million in advance to Lata Ramgobin for allegedly clearing customs and import duties for a non-existent consignment from India.
When the trial of the case against Lata Ramgobin began in 2015, Brigadier Hungwani Muloodji of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had said that he had allegedly provided forged invoices and documents to convince potential investors that linen from India Three containers were being sent. At that time Lata Ramgobin was released on bail of 50,000 Rand.
During the hearing on Monday, the court was told that Lata Ramgobin had met Maharaj, the director of New Africa Alliance footwear distributors, in August 2015. The company imports and manufactures and sells clothing, linen and footwear. Maharaj’s company also provides finance to other companies on a profit-share basis. Lata Ramgobin told Maharaj that she had imported three containers of linen for the South African hospital group Netcare.
