Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)

Kasargod, Jun 24: On the allegation of collecting donations in the name of St Mary's Nursery School, Bela, which is being administered by Our Lady of Dolours Church, Bela, by issuing fake printed receipts to the donors, Badiyadka police have arrested a 16-year-old boy.

The police suspect that there might a large scale gang operating in such a fashion. Therefore, they have intensified investigation.

When the boy was in the course of collecting money from merchants at Seethangoli, some merchants developed suspicion and got in contact with Bela church. The church officials immediately visited the spot, found out that the receipts being issued were fake, and thereafter complained to the police. The police then went to the spot and arrested the minor.

Priest of the church Fr John Vas, in a complaint filed with the police, has urged them to probe about the possible involvement of a large network of fraudsters in such acts and unearth the same.