KUTTANAD: Police have arrested a woman who embezzled lakhs from a number of people by offering them jobs in Coirfed. The arrested person is Punnapra native Ramani (40). According to the Nedumudi police, Ramani had embezzled more than Rs 12 lakhs from Chembupuram native Usha Sreekumar and other friends after offering them jobs.

Following the arrest, Ramani was produced in the Ramankari court and released on bail. The fraud took place in 2012. Ramani had gone into hiding after the Nedumudi police registered a case on the complaint filed by Usha Sreekumar and friends. Although notices were sent from the court several times, she was not ready to appear in court or take bail. Ramani was arrested by the police team led by Nedumudi CI G Sureshkumar and SI Sadhulal.