Former CPM secretary P Sasi's brother held for job fraud
Satheesan allegedly offered jobs at Kannur airport, other public limited institutions.
Kozhikode: The police on Friday arrested P. Satheesan, son of Krishnan of Mavilayi, for allegedly cheating youngsters by offering them jobs at Kannur airport and other public limited institutions. The accused is the brother of former CPM Kannur district secretary P. Sasi. He was arrested on a complaint filed by Madhuri, wife of Sreedharan of Feroke, Kozhikode. According to the complaint, she gave Rs 2 lakh to Satheesan who offered her a job in D-Stead, a public limited company, eight months back.
He had also collected an equal sum from Prathibha, wife of Madhuri's brother. When Madhuri asked him about the delay, Satheesan allegedly threatened her, according to the complaint. The police slapped sections 420 (cheating) and 506 (1) threatening , against the accused. Satheesan will be produced in the court on Saturday. The police registered his arrest after an hour-long interrogation and orders from the top.
Satheesan had extracted money from many others ranging from Rs 10,000 to several lakhs, it is alleged. He had claimed that he had direct links with the chief minister, ministers and other political leaders. Earlier, in many other similar cases, Mr P. Sasi and ministers had denied any links with Satheesan.