Three booked on cheating charge

The Kothamangalam constabulary connected Monday (February 2, 2026) registered a lawsuit against 3 people, including 2 section BJP leaders, for allegedly cheating a 58-year-old antheral of astir ₹10 lakh connected the committedness of settling constabulary cases registered against his lad successful Bengaluru.

The accused are Unnikrishnan Thrikkariyoor, Suneesh T.S., and Sanal, a autochthonal of Kumily successful Idukki. The archetypal accusation study (FIR) identifies Unnikrishnan arsenic the wide caput and Suneesh arsenic caput of BJP’s Kothamangalam mandalam committee. The lawsuit was registered based connected a ailment filed by George Mathai of Chelad. According to the FIR, the accused allegedly received a sum of ₹9,74,000 from the complainant successful assorted instalments, some straight and done slope transfer, betwixt June 15, 2025, and November 19, 2025.

The accused person been charged with cheating and transgression breach of trust. Mr. George, on with his adjacent relatives, staged a protestation successful beforehand of the BJP bureau successful Kothamangalam connected Monday demanding that the accused wage him backmost the money.

Responding to the incident, BJP (Ernakulam East) president P.P. Sajeev said Unnikrishnan was framed successful the case. “Suneesh was removed from the enactment station adjacent earlier the allegation was raised earlier,” helium added.