The TDP MLC Ashok Babu was arrested by Andhra Pradesh CID officials on Friday morning.
The officers who took Ashok Babu into custody have shifted him to the Guntur CID office and are investigating.
CID officials said that Ashok Babu had given false information that he had qualified B.Com while he was working as an Assistant Commercial Officer.
The CID alleged that Ashok Babu had tampered with records by giving false information to some officials and said the case was registered against Ashok Babu booked under section 477A (officer or servant, wilfully, and with intent to defraud), 465 (forgery), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property).
Mehr Kumar, an employee, had lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta against Ashok Babu for giving false information.
The cases were registered on the basis of a complaint from the Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, D. Geetha Madhuri.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu was outraged over the arrest of MLC Ashok Babu.
He said the government suppressing the voice of employees who are agitating by false cases.
TDP national spokesperson Nara Lokesh strongly condemned the arrest of Ashok Babu. He said that Jagan will pay the price for every mistake made by the government.