Police in Thiruvananthapuram has arrested a village panchayat member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Kollam district in Kerala on Monday for allegedly spreading false news that Class 12 results have been withdrawn by the government.

Nikhil Manohar, a Bharatiya Janata Party ward member from Poruvazhy Grama Panchayat in Kollam, was arrested based on a complaint received from the officer of State General Education Minister V Sivankutty, a senior officer of Cantonment Police Station said, PTI reported. “He was arrested and remanded to judicial custody today itself, the officer said.