Kochi | Stage artist, actor, and director of the Kothamangalam Kalagruham music troupe, Sobi George was arrested on Tuesday in a cheque bounce case, police said.

A senior police officer said that George was arrested based on a warrant issued against him by a court here in two cheque bounce cases.

Besides that, he is an accused in several cheating and fraud cases since 2013 in other parts of the state as well, the officer said.

George, who was briefly with the Kalabhavan theatre group, had allegedly cheated many people by offering to take people abroad along with the troupe by taking money from them for the same.

He either did not take them or left them stranded abroad, according to the complaints against him, the officer said.

George was also in financial trouble after starting his Kalagruham music troupe with assets, including a bus, related to his establishment being seized by the authorities, police said.