The Kattakkada police on Tuesday arrested a man, Annamalai, 42, a native of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, on charges of cheating people and taking money from them by acting as a speech-impaired person.
Annamalai had got a plea for help printed, with the seal of a Valakam-based orphanage for the hearing-and speech-impaired. He used to distribute its photocopies and take money from people. A shopkeeper in Kattakkada got suspicious and alerted the police. Annamalai confessed to the fraud. He was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody on Wednesday. — Special Correspondet