Police: Saju an accused in several fraud cases

Kochi: Multiple cases have been registered in the district against Saju S, who was arrested by Alappuzha police late on Thursday in connection with forging a degree certificate for former SFI leader Nikhil Thomas, said city police officers.In September last year, Saju (39) was arrested for cheating an Angamaly native of Rs 1 lakh by promising a job in Malta. He had taken the money at his consultancy agency and failed to arrange a job or to refund the amount. According to police, the accused was arrested and remanded in the case then. Other cases were also registered against him based on similar complaints, police said.According to sources, his agency at Palarivattom was shut down after cases were filed against him. It is alleged that Nikhil’s certificate was forged at this consultancy. Saju had been on the run ever since the fake certificate became a controversy. He was arrested from Palarivattom on Thursday.Earlier, police conducted evidence collection with Nikhil and another former SFI leader Abin C Raj at Palarivattom, where the agency that allegedly forged the fake certificates functioned, on Tuesday. Police collected statements of the accused at the location. tnn
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