The law has finally caught up with PB Amolik, secretary of the Bombay Diocesan Trust Association (BDTA), who was arrested on Thursday for misappropriating trust funds, first reported by DNA in its May 15 issue.
A metropolitan court remanded him in police custody till January 17. The BDTA, incorporated in 1929 as a limited company, became a registered trust in 1950. It manages church property in Mumbai, Pune and other parts of the country.
A state inquiry late last year had indicted the trust for illegally selling Church land, fuelling the ire of Christians in the city.
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