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Conman in Jail
Hindustan Times ^ | 01/17/09 | Manas Chakravarty

Posted on 01/17/2009 3:49:30 PM PST by ThinkingBuddha

By all accounts, Satyam ex-chairman Ramalinga Raju is having a rollicking time in Chanchalguda jail. His popularity among the inmates, all of whom are in awe of a man who can make Rs 7,000 crore disappear, knows no bounds. “Some of us affectionately call him by his nickname Scamalinga,” said a petty thief, “But most just call him Gurudev.”

Reports have come in that Raju had 20 idlis for breakfast, five plates of rice and a bucket of rasam for lunch and 25 chapatis with two chickens for dinner. But the jail superintendent says these numbers are inflated. “You see, the habit is so deeply ingrained in Raju that he automatically inflates all figures,” he added......


TOPICS: Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: conman; india; jail
This dude ran an Eron kind of operation to the tune of $ billion, yet jail inmates consider him a hero!!!??/
1 posted on 01/17/2009 3:49:30 PM PST by ThinkingBuddha
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To: ThinkingBuddha

I think this is a satirical column.


2 posted on 01/17/2009 4:04:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Don't confuse what you got a right to do with what's right to do." Bill Bennett)
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...in awe of a man who can make Rs 7,000 crore disappear...

I knew a Scotts Lass who had an amazing talent of rolling her arse. Especially while walking in high heels.

3 posted on 01/17/2009 5:57:36 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Grizzled Bear

Unless I’ve dropped a decimal somewhere or something, Rx 7,000 crore = Rs 70B = $1,610,000,000.

Given the much smaller economic surplus he had to work with, even Bernie Madoff should be a little impressed.


4 posted on 01/17/2009 6:45:16 PM PST by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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