Kozhikode, November 23: Kunnamangalam lawmaker PTA Rahim’s son and son-in-law have been reportedly arrested by the Saudi Arabian police for alleged economic offences. They are among the 19 Keralites, being held by the police for the same reason.

MLA’s son Shabeer PT and son-in-law Shabeer Vayoli were reportedly arrested nearly a fortnight ago in Al Khobar in the Dammam metropolitan area in Saudi Arabia. According to the information, the duo were running a business venture named Global Business Solutions at Al Khobar. Saudi Arabia: Father-Son Duo Detained For Posing With Indian Flag Inside Haram in Mecca, Released After MEA Intervenes

Though the nature of the economic office is yet to be clear, family of the lawmaker are trying to get the details of it. Among the people arrested frequently by the police in Saudi for so-called ‘hawala’ transaction - the illegal transfer of money back home – are Indians and Keralites do have a sizable population in that place.

State president of the National Secular Conference party, Rahim, is a fourth-time MLA. He had earlier contested from Koduvally, but now is a lawmaker from Kunnamangalam.

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