Kochi City police arrest couple involved in cheating cases
The Hindu
Accused allegedly submitted forged documents to secure many loans from a bank in 2018
A special squad of the city police has arrested a couple who were allegedly involved in large-scale cheating running into crores of rupees.
The arrested were identified as Ajitha Reji, 43, and her husband Reji Paulose, 47, of Thripunithura. They were picked up from Kamudam Nagar in Coimbatore, where they were hiding.
They were arrested by the Ernakulam Town South police on a petition by the branch manager of the Panampilly Nagar branch of Federal Bank in a case dating back to 2018. The accused allegedly submitted forged documents to secure vehicle loan, home loan, property mortgage loan, and asset guard loan to the tune of ₹1.59 crore between July and August, 2018. They failed to repay the loan and ran up dues of ₹1.83 crore.