Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MLA Sobhana George was on October 3 arrested by crime branch in connection with the 'forged intelligence document case', police sources said.

Armed with a non-bailable warrant, the crime branch team led by Superintendent Natarajan arrested Sobhana from her residence in the city.

Sobhana was named the third accused by the crime branch in its investigation report filed in the court on Sunday September 29, as she was suspected to have played a role in the conspiracy behind alleged forgery of 'intelligence report' linking Kerala Tourism Minister K V Thomas with a 'hawala' racket.

The arrest was made in the presence of Executive Magistrate and Thiruvananthapuram Tahasildar M Sasikumar at 1.50 pm.

After a brief interrogation, she was taken to the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court at Thiruvananthapuram.

The case, rocking the state for quite some time, related to telecast of a story by Surya TV in June on the basis of an allegedly forged intelligence report purportedly sent by DGP intelligence to the Chief Minister's office linking K V Thomas with the Rs 336 crore 'hawala' racket being probed by the central agencies.

While refuting the bonafides of the 'intelligence report', the government ordered a crime branch investigation to ascertain the 'conspiracy' behind the 'forged document.'

Surya TV reporter Anil Nambiar was initially named the sole accused in the FIR. Last week Sobhana's personal assistant Anil P Srirangam was arrested and a look out notice has also been issued against a former journalist R Jayachandran, who is wanted in the case.

A known Karunakaran camper in the faction-ridden congress in the state, Sobhana was on October 2 issued a show-cause notice by KPCC president K Muraleedharan.

PTI