Kasaragod: In a blow to the opposition Congress-led UDF in Kerala before Native body polls next month, an IUML legislator M C Kamaruddin became arrested on Saturday in connection with instances registered against him in a multi-crore financial fraud referring to to gold jewelry enterprise.

The Manjeshwaram MLA became known as in for questioning by the Particular Investigation Group this morning and his arrest became recorded by night, police talked about.

The arrest became below sections 406 (prison breach of have faith) and 420 (dishonest) of the Indian Penal Code, provisions of Kerala Safety of Interests of Depositors in Financial Institutions Act and portion 3 and 5 of the banning of unregulated deposit schemes act.

“He has been arrested below three instances and at the 2nd, the probe group is investigating 77 instances against him,” a senior police legitimate told .

Nonetheless, police talked about as many as 115 instances have been registered against the MLA in Kasaragod and Kannur districts on complaints from investors, mostly workers of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a distinguished ally of the United Democratic Entrance (UDF).

Whereas UDF convener M M Hassan talked about the arrest became politically motivated, Kerala PCC president Mullapally Ramachandran talked about “let the laws desire its course.”

Kamaruddin, who’s the chairman of Model Gold Jewellery, furthermore maintained that his arrest became “politically motivated.”

“This will doubtless be a politically motivated case. My case is coming up within the High Court docket on Monday. No glimpse became issued to me sooner than the arrest. The manager is making an strive to cowl its faults by absorbing me.

They would possibly be able to not abolish me by any of this,” Kamaruddin told reporters as he became being taken to a sanatorium for COVID-19 check rapidly after his arrest.

One other district chief of IUML, T K Pookoya Thangal, who’s furthermore the Managing Director of Model Gold, around which the fraud has taken place, became furthermore identified as to the SP place of enterprise in Kasaragod,police talked about

The IUML leadership had given the MLA six months time to repay the portions taken from the investors.

Following the arrest, the IUML has known as for an urgent meeting at Kozhikode on Sunday.