Jaya Prada Sentenced To Six Months Jail; All You Need To Know About Her ESI Funds Fraud Case

Veteran actress and politician Jaya Prada has found herself in a legal soup which ended up in her imprisonment. A Chennai court on Friday sentenced her to six months in jail and imposed a fine of Rs. 5000 in a fraud case of ESI Funds. Jaya¡¯s business partners Ram Kumar and Raja Babu are also charged equally.

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Why did Jaya Prada end up in jail?

Jaya jointly owned a theatre in Chennai which unfortunately shut down. After the closure, the theatre workers accused Jaya of restraining to release of their Employees' State Insurance (ESI) which was deducted from their salaries. They further complained that the concerned entity didn¡¯t pay the ESI money to the Government Insurance Corporation.

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Later, a case was filed by the Labour Government Insurance Corporation in Chennai¡¯s Egmore Magistrate Court against Jaya Prada and her associates. Jaya then admitted to the frauduary and promised to clear the dues with a request for dismissal of the case. However, the court refused her appeal and hurled consequences at her.

Jaya¡¯s career graph!

Jaya Prada has been a prominent name in the Hindi and Telugu film industry. This popular star of the late '70s, '80s and early '90s made her Bollywood debut with Sargam in 1979. A few of her popular projects are Kaamchor (1982), Tohfa (1984), Sharaabi (1984), Maqsad (1984), Sanjog (1985), Aakhree Raasta (1986), Elaan-E-Jung (1989), Aaj Ka Arjun (1990), Thanedaar (1990) and Maa (1991).

At the peak of her career, Jaya left showbiz to join politics with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994.

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She was active as a Rajya Sabha MP from 1996 to 2002 and then as a Lok Sabha MP from 2004 to 2014. Jaya joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019. Asked her about the reason for joining this party, Jaya told New Indian Express, ¡°I am impressed by the development agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and the way he is implementing it not only in UP but across the country.¡±

¡°His spirit to serve the nation inspired me and I joined this party. I am grateful to the senior leadership of the party to make me a part of this family.¡±

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Jaya recently opened up about a bad day on sets when she was pushed to a level that the actress broke into tears.

This was the shooting of one of the songs from D Ramanaidu¡¯s Agni Poolu. She recalled with Doordarshan, ¡°When I went to rehearsals, I was sick. I had a 103 temperature. The choreographer was a strict master. When I walked in, I was just five minutes late for which he made me stand on a single leg for half an hour as a punishment. I started crying because I was not well.¡±

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