Gzb: 'Fake bail' gang busted; 7 held
Ghaziabad, June 6 -- The crime branch of Ghaziabad police has busted a gang that allegedly provided fake sureties to suspects in court cases, official said on Thursday, adding that seven people have been arrested.
Police identified the three prime suspects, who executed fake surety ring and executed fake bail bonds , and four others, who used to appear before courts as fake sureties.
Officials said the prime suspects were well-versed with the bail procedures in court, having worked previously with lawyers or at the Ghaziabad court complex. They targeted people whose bail was granted, but they had no sureties to furnish bail bonds. "This fake surety ring could run into thousands of fake sureties they produced in courts. We will get these verified in due course," said additional DCP (crime) Piyush Kumar Singh.
"These people were given Rs.500-1000 per appearance as surety. The gang members would bargain anything between Rs.5,000-15000 from accused people who were granted bail.We have more persons on radar and our teams are working to track them," the officer added.
Police said the seven arrested studied up to classes 5 to 10 at the maximum....
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