Panaji/New Delhi, September 6
Socialite Bina Ramani, a key witness in the Jessica Lall murder case, was today arrested in Goa, two days after a Delhi court issued a non-bailable warrant against her in a cheating case.
Ramani was arrested from a restaurant owned by her in Candolim, 20 km from Panaji, by a Special Investigation Team of the Delhi police and the Goa police at around 8 pm, senior police officials said. She will be brought to Delhi tomorrow, they added.
The warrant against Ramani was issued in a case of cheating and forgery for acquiring a licence to run a restaurant in south Delhi where the ramp model was shot dead.
The police alleged Ramani obtained the licence misrepresenting that she was the owner of the restaurant, “Qutub Colonade”, on the basis of forged documents and served liquor without having any licence.
Meanwhile, Jessica’s sister Sabrina termed the arrest of Bina Ramani to be “rather excessive”.
— PTI
