POOCHAKKAL: Police have arrested an accomplice who provided a fake medical certificate to fake doctor Binukumar, who had been working at a private hospital in Poochakkal. The arrested has been identified as Vanchiyoor native Sajith, a fake homeopathy doctor. Police have found that it was Sajith who created the fake certificate of Binukumar. Sajith was arrested from a homeopathy clinic in Attingal. His certificate was also found to be forged.

Binukumar, who worked as a lab technician at a private hospital in Karakonam, Thiruvananthapuram, learned 'treatment' from Alex, a fake doctor at the same hospital. Alex also received the fake certificate from Sajith. The fraud was committed using the register number of allopathic doctor Babita, a native of Chirayinkeezhu. Dr. Babita, who came to know that her certificate was being misused, lodged a complaint with the Alappuzha SP last April.

Binukumar, who had been working as a doctor in Poochakkal since December 2019, escaped from the hospital soon after learning about the police investigation. He was taken into custody from a private hospital in Punalur yesterday during an investigation that focused on the mobile tower location.

Sajith and Binukumar were produced in Cherthala court and remanded.