{"id":345667,"date":"2017-08-17T12:31:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T12:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=345667"},"modified":"2017-08-17T12:31:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T12:31:59","slug":"indian-businessman-petitions-nana-addo-over-interior-ministers-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/indian-businessman-petitions-nana-addo-over-interior-ministers-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian businessman petitions Nana Addo over Interior Minister\u2019s &#8216;harassment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian businessman, Ashok Kumar Sivaram has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to call the Minister of Interior and the Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration Service to order over what he termed as harassment meted against him by the aforementioned personalities.<\/p>\n<p>In the petition, he accused the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, Director\/Comptroller of the Immigration Service, Kwame Takyi and Deputy Comptroller General in-charge of Operations, Laud Afrifa of plotting to illegally deport him and take over his company.<\/p>\n<p>Ashok Kumar Sivaram said he is constantly being harassed by officials of the Ghana Immigration Service and he believes his frustrations are part of a grand scheme to transfer his interest in his company, Jai Mai Communications Limited, to his business partner.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;mOdA4ClZLCUCycPRQ0HGbcNhRprLAtQ6&#8243;]Ashok in the petition dated August 15, 2017 called on the president to intervene in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, the action of the respondents is a deliberate ploy to render my status in the country without a valid permit in order to easily facilitate my removal from the jurisdiction. This action by the respondents is also a clear attempt to undermine the order for valuation of the company the by high court dated 5th May, 2017. Mr. President, I implore you as the father of the nation to graciously step in to resolve the matters raised in my petition. I shall forever be grateful to you for your prompt action on this matter,\u201d he added in the petition.<\/p>\n<p>An Accra High Court on <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/31\/court-quashes-deportation-of-indian-businessman-by-interior-ministry\/\"><strong>July 31, 2017<\/strong><\/a><\/span> quashed the deportation of Mr. Ashok by Ambrose Derry.<\/p>\n<p>According to the court by presided over by Justice Kwaku Ackah Boafo, the Interior Minister <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/04\/court-orders-release-of-detained-indian-businessman\/\"><strong>exceeded his jurisdiction<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by determining fraud against the Ashok without recourse to the court.<\/p>\n<p>The court also indicated that the Interior Minister breached the rule of natural justice by not giving the plaintiff a hearing after he had accused him of allegedly committing fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Minister and the Comptroller General of Immigration are said to have approved the deportation of Mr Sivaram on grounds that he obtained a fake marriage certificate to enable his stay in Ghana; a claim Mr Ashok Kumar Sivaram who had lived in the country for close to a decade rejected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, whilst the respondents are failing to conduct their statutory work, they keep sending Immigration Officials after me ostensibly to arrest and repatriate me so to lock my huge investments in Ghana in order to aid my business partner to take over my business interest. Mr. President the respondents are refusing to restore my residence\/work permit even though the deportation order based on which my residence\/work permit was cancelled by them has been quashed by the High Court in a ruling delivered on 31st July 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Petition-to-the-President.pdf\">Click here for the full petition:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian businessman, Ashok Kumar Sivaram has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to call the Minister of Interior and the Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration Service to order over what he termed as harassment meted against him by the aforementioned personalities. 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