Forgery case against CSI bishop

Church membership certificate forged for admission

August 24, 2019 08:02 pm | Updated 11:17 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

The Neyyattinkara police have registered a case against Bishop A. Dharmaraj Rasalan of the South Kerala diocese of the Church of South India (CSI) and two others for allegedly forging documents in order to obtain an admission in the Dr. Somerwell Memorial CSI Medical College, Karakonam.

The other accused are identified as Vincent B. and Greshma Vincent of Neyyattinkara, the police said.

They were accused of forging a church membership certificate in the name of the Poovachal St. Peter’s CMS Anglican church in order to seek admission for Greshma in the medical college. They purportedly orchestrated the crime in connivance with the bishop in August 2018, as stated in the first information report registered by the police.

They were booked under various provisions, including Section 465, 468 and 471, of the India Penal Code, which pertained to forgery.

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