PONNANI: Ponnani Police have busted a 10-member interstate racket that was manufacturing fake certificates and seized nearly a hundred counterfeit seals of universities from across the country. The printing of these certificates was centred in Pollachi. From there, the police recovered more than one lakh certificates stamped with different university seals. They also seized seals of vice-chancellors, advanced computers, and printers.

Those arrested include the gang leader, Dhaneesh Dharman (38) of Meenadathur, Tirur; Irshad (39) of Nariparambu, Ponnani; Rahul (30) of Purathur, Tirur; Abdul Nisar (31) of Payyanangadi; Thiruvananthapuram Nedumangad natives Jaseem, Ratheesh (37), Shafeek (37); and Tamil Nadu natives Jamaluddin (40), Aravind Kumar (24), and Venkitesh (24).

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