THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : The district Crime Branch on Monday arrested a prominent builder in the city for cheating several people after collecting money from them by offering a high interest rate. The accused is Jacob Samson, 61, a resident of Muttada.
Police said that Samson and his two sons had been running real estate business for the past few years under the name ‘Samson and Sons Builders and Developers Limited’.
Apart from real estate business, Samson used to lure investors by offering high interest rates for the amounts collected from them. The builder had duped over 30 people to the tune of `10 crore in this manner. “Efforts are on to nab Samson’s two sons and they will be arrested soon”, said M S Santhosh, Assistant Commissioner of Police, District Crime Branch. Samson’s son John is a film actor.
The Peroorkada police had received complaints a week ago and later the case was handed over to the Crime Branch based on the instructions of City Police Commissioner G Sparjan Kumar. The accused was produced before the magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.