The police arrested seven persons on Sunday in connection with the Sanchaya scam in Kozhikode Corporation. The arrested have been identified as Aboobakker Siddique, a building owner, former Assistant Engineer P.C.K. Rajan, LD clerks M. Anil Kumar and P.K. Suresh, besides middlemen M. Yashir Ali, E.K. Mohammed Jiffri and P.K. Faisal Ahmed. The team led by Assistant Commissioner M.M. Siddique is questioning the arrested.
The arrest has been made based on a complaint filed by Corporation Secretary K.U. Bini regarding the allotment of numbers to 16 shop rooms in six buildings.
Aboobakker Siddique, the owner of a building in Karikkamkulam, had approached Mr. Rajan at first with his demand. He was later introduced to Mr. Anil Kumar and Mr. Suresh. The latter was the one to misuse the glitch in the software to provide a building number, the police said. The arrested have confessed to have taken a bribe of ₹4 lakh from a building owner for the purpose. They have been charged for treachery and conspiracy. Investigations are on to find if there are more people involved in the case.
