The Palarivattom police have arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly posing as an Indian Navy officer and duping a Pathanamthitta native of ₹18 lakh by promising jobs in a public sector firm.
Bimal Namboothiri, 43, a local of Adoor in Pathanamthitta, was nabbed from Chengamanad in Aluva on Thursday (June 25, 2026), the police mentioned. They seized Navy uniforms, insignia, walkie-talkies, swords, and plaques from his residence at Padivattom.
The accused was produced earlier than a court docket and remanded in judicial custody.
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