KASARGOD: The court has remanded MC Kamarudheen MLA, who was arrested in the fashion gold scam case. The arrest was made after police found evidence that Kamaruddin had swindled Rs 15 crore.

The investigation team questioned Kamarudheen for about 5 hours at the Kasargod SP office. So far, 115 FIRs have been registered in various police stations in connection with the scam.

Meanwhile, MC Kamarudheen alleged that the arrest was politically motivated and a move by the government ahead of the elections. He was responding to media reports while being taken into custody by police in the fraud case.