8 held for securing bail using fake papers in Sangrur, say cops
Sangrur, July 1 -- The Sangrur police have arrested eight individuals involved in securing approximately 40 bails for accused persons across various courts in Patiala, Dhuri, Sangrur, Khanna, and Fatehgarh Sahib using fake documents. One individual remains at large, superintendent of police Dilpreet Singh said on Monday.
The SP said that the police received a tip-off on June 24 regarding Rajveer Singh, Hardeep Singh, and Sukhwinder Singh alias Billa colluding with lawyers and munshis to secure bails for large sums of money using fake documents.
"Rajveer Singh and Hardeep Singh were arrested the same day under charges 318(4) (cheating), 338 (forgery), 336(3) (committing forgery), 340(2) (forgery of valuable security), 319(2) (cheating by personation), and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Their interrogation revealed a larger network involved in facilitating bail using fake documents. The probe was expanded to include Baljit Singh alias Guri, Surjit Singh, Manjinder Singh, Gurdeep Singh alias Nambardar, Mohit Kumar, and Manpreet Singh alias Mani in the case," the SP said.
Explaining the modus operandi, a police official privy to the probe said that Hardeep, Rajveer, Mohit, and Manpreet were responsible for creating fake documents for bail applications.
"These documents were then shared with Surjit Singh and printed by Baljit Singh Guri," the police official said, pleading anonymity.
The police added that during the ongoing interrogation, it was revealed that this group collectively secured approximately 40 bails from various courts in Sangrur, Dhuri, Khanna, Fatehgarh Sahib, and Patiala....
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