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Court drops Sh71million charges against businessman

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Businessman Parminder Singh Manku before a Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Charges against a businessman who was charged with stealing over Sh71 million from his business partners have been withdrawn.

The Director of Public Prosecution dropped the charges after it emerged that the claims against Parminder Singh Manku were civil and not criminal.

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