A former BMC corporator from Chembur has been booked nearly two decades later for allegedly contesting and winning a civic election from a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved seat using a fake caste certificate, in a case that has resurfaced after years of inaction.

According to Chembur police, an FIR was registered on Thursday against Ramesh Suresh Kamble, 55. Police allege that Kamble fraudulently obtained a caste certificate in 1998, claiming he belonged to the Hindu Mahar community, and used it to contest the 2002 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election from Ward 192, a seat reserved for Scheduled Caste, on a Congress ticket.