Four former employees of Avinash Complex were yesterday each sentenced to 56 months in jail after they were found guilty of stealing $24 million worth of suiting material from the company’s LBI bond in 2004.
Dennis Ramkarran, Kumar Kalladin, Deoroop Sugrim and Dinesh Singh appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court. The case was concluded within an eight-month time frame after the men approached the High Court seeking to have the matter dismissed because of the length of time it was engaging the attention of the court.
Previously, the case was hit with numerous delays owing to the
