KOCHI: Police have arrested a Youth Congress leader for swindling money by forging a document in the name of a Tehsildar. The arrested person has been identified as Muhammad Hashim, a Youth Congress office bearer in the Thrikkakkara constituency. He swindled the money from John V Varghese, a priest and a native of Kunnathunad.

Muhammad Hashim had approached John V Varghese saying that he would help in converting his land. Later, he forged a document in the name of the Tehsildar showing that the land had been converted and handed it over to John V Varghese. In his complaint, John V Varghese alleged that Muhammad Hashim took Rs 2.40 lakh from him for the conversion of land.