Ludhiana, Aug. 30 -- The city police have unearthed yet another layer of the fake dope test racket, booking three men for allegedly furnishing forged medical reports to secure firearm licences. The forged documents carried counterfeit stamps and fake signatures of doctors from the Ludhiana civil hospital, raising questions about how the racket continues to thrive undetected.

The fresh FIRs were registered at the division number 5 police station against Sachdev Singh Dhaliwal of Santokh Nagar and brothers Sanjeev Malik and Manish Malik of New Shivpuri, Sekhewal Road. The complaint was filed by ACP (licensing) Rajesh Sharma, who, while scrutinising files, suspected irregularities in the dope test reports.

"When I found discrepancies, I so...