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Man held for duping youths

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city police have arrested a 63-year-old man for forging the signature of the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) and for duping several youths by offering jobs in the Railways.

According to Sub-Inspector of Police, Fort, Suresh V. Nair, the accused, Mohanan Nair, a resident of Neduncaud, had promised the youths his job as a cook in the Railways. He had told the youth that he was a cook in the Railways for 38 years.

The accused had taken Rs.10,000 from three youths from Kuriyathi and Parassala. The police found that he had forged the signature of the DRM in the Railway’s letter pad to issue appointment letter to the aspirants. A team led by Circle Inspector, Fort, B. Harikumar, has recovered several certificates, blank papers with the seals of the Railways and the DRM and application forms from the accused.

Mohanan Nair was produced in the court and remanded in custody.

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