Crime branch busts fake document racket that would sell PAN cards for a lakh, college certificates and mark sheets for Rs 50,000
Crime branch busts fake document racket that would sell PAN cards for a lakh, college certificates and mark sheets for Rs 50,000
The crime branch of Ulhasnagar police has busted a racket involved in the printing and selling of PAN cards, ration cards, voter ID cards, mark sheets, degree and leaving certificates (HSC and SSC) and senior citizen identity cards. The police arrested four people, including a schoolteacher in the matter, last week.
The police with the fake documents
On Friday, Shivajirao Deshmukh, Senior Inspector, Crime branch, informed the media of the arrest of the accused, identified as Yogesh Vinayak Joshi (34), Ramesh Kondiba Gaikwad (46), Suresh Sadhu Umap alias Buva (47) and Sanjay Sitaram Phulore (35).
Acting on a tip off, the crime branch team laid a trap at Mahalaxmi Estate Agent, Mahavir palace, Ulhasnagar-5. They recovered more than 40 PAN cards, 43 senior citizen identity cards, computers, a scanner, a printer and other materials used to print the documents. The seized articles, in various stages of completion, are worth Rs 2 lakh. The accused would sell the school certificates (leaving certificate and marksheet) for Rs 1 lakh, while the fake cards would be sold for Rs 50,000 each.
The accused were involved in this racket for a year. Police are now looking for the people who sought fake certificates and documents from the gang.
"We have arrested the accused under section 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 34 (acts done by several persons) of IPC," said Deshmukh.
Joshi, Gaikwad and Buva are residents of Ulhasnagar and Phulore, a teacher by profession, is a resident of Ambernath.
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