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12, including CSI Bishop, booked for misappropriation of church funds
- | Sunday | 26th February, 2017
When they were questioned, they replied that all accounts were submitted to the Bishop," Dilipkumar said. Dilipkumar approached the Tirupur city police commissioner to register a case against the bishop Timothy Ravindran and 11 others last year. Cleared/AnilCoimbatore: Twelve people, including the Bishop of Coimbatore Diocese of the Church of South India (CSI), were booked for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of funds from the St Paul's Church in Tirupur.The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Tirupur city police registered a case against them for swindling Rs15 crore.The complaint was lodged by parish member of St Paul's Church, A Dilipkumar, 64, of Saibaba Nagar at Valayankadu in Tirupur. "The authorities had collected crores of rupees in donations from various people. He then moved the judicial magistrate court-I in Tirupur.
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