Man posing as Navy officer held in alleged ₹18-lakh cheating case

The Palarivattom police have arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly posing as an Indian Navy officer and duping a Pathanamthitta native of ₹18 lakh by promising jobs in a public sector company.

Bimal Namboothiri, 43, a native of Adoor in Pathanamthitta, was nabbed from Chengamanad in Aluva on Thursday (June 25, 2026), the police said. They seized Navy uniforms, insignia, walkie-talkies, swords, and plaques from his apartment at Padivattom.

The accused was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.