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Man held on charge of forging vehicle insurance certificates
The Hindu
Accused did not remit in insurance company money collected as premium, say police
The police have arrested a 35-year-old man on the charge of cheating several people by forging vehicle insurance certificates. The accused man, M. Ashkar Ali, a resident of Thayneri in Payyanur, was apprehended along with K. Harshad, a resident of Kanhangad, during a routine police checking. They were travelling in a vehicle with a fake vehicle insurance certificate and were in possession of five grams of Methylenedioxyemethanphetamine (MDMA). Ashkar Ali, running a private insurance agency, was already under police surveillance following complaints against him. In the raid conducted in his office, the police found indiscriminating fake insurance certificates. The police also seized a printer used to produce the fake certificates.More Related News