The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kozhikode, on Wednesday remanded Santhosh Kumar, 51, of Kozhancheri Meethal, Kottoolithe, the accused in the forging of seals and signatures of Kozhikode Corporation officials, in judicial custody.
He was arrested on Tuesday after he surrendered at the Kozhikode town police station. He was later taken to the Kozhikode Corporation office for evidence gathering.
The arrest came in the wake of a complaint filed by the Corporation Secretary on May 17, 2023, alleging that Santhosh Kumar had forged the seals and signatures of a Revenue officer and a clerk to change the category of a building from residential to commercial. He had also allegedly accepted a bribe of ₹25,000 from the owner of the building.
