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A 50-year-old antheral and his lad were arrested by the Vaniyambadi Town constabulary successful Tirupattur connected Friday (December 26, 2025) connected charges of forging authorities documents, including ineligible heir, assemblage certificates, onshore pattas, and Public Distribution System (PDS) cards.
The constabulary said the arrested persons were identified arsenic B. Venkatesan and his lad V. Karan (28). They are residents of Perumalpettai colony adjacent Tirupattur town. Initial enquiry revealed that Venkatesan, on with his son, had been moving an e-seva centre adjacent the taluk bureau successful Vaniyambadi municipality for the past fewer years. Police said that a fewer weeks ago, the victim, husbandman S. Jeeva (47), a nonmigratory of Vaniyambadi town, visited the centre. Jeeva requested assistance successful filling retired a authorities exertion signifier to get a ineligible heir certificate from the taluk office.
However, Venkatesan reportedly told Jeeva that the process of obtaining a ineligible heir certificate from the taluk bureau was cumbersome. He alternatively offered to put the certificate and demanded ₹15,000 for the work. Subsequently, Jeeva paid the wealth and received the certificate.
Later, Jeeva took his comparative Mariappan to Venkatesan to get a PDS card. However, erstwhile Mariappan went to cod indispensable commodities from a just terms store successful Vaniyambadi town, the PDS unit rejected the paper arsenic fake.
Jeeva past verified his ineligible heir certificate with officials astatine the taluk bureau and recovered that it was besides fake. He subsequently lodged a ailment with Tirupattur Superintendent of Police V. Shyamala Devi astatine the play grievance gathering held astatine her office.
A peculiar constabulary squad investigated the lawsuit and recovered that Venkatesan and his lad were issuing forged documents to radical for a commission. The constabulary sealed the e-seva centre and seized physics equipment, including computers and printers, utilized for the purpose. A lawsuit was registered, and the arrested persons were lodged successful the sub-jail successful Tirupattur town. Further probe is nether way.
