NAGPUR: Some 75 accused, who had procured bail from sessions court using fake documents, will soon be charged with forgery. The cops are also moving to cancel the bail of these accused, who face charges like Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, sexual abuses, kidnapping, rape, murder and so on.
City police chief Amitesh Kumar on Thursday said the crime branch has procured from the sessions court a list of accused who had got bail with questionable documents, or with imposters posing as guarantors. “We are set to file offences against such accused,” said Kumar, who reviewed the case of racketeers preparing fake bail documents for accused during the crime meeting earlier this week.
The police commissioner also said Investigations Officers (IO) in the cases would be asked to approach the court for cancellation of such questionable bails, highlighting the manner in which the judiciary was misled and duped into accepting fake or manipulated documents.
The crime branch has arrested five persons so far, including mastermind Sunil Sonkusre, for preparing fake documents, providing imposters to appear as guarantors, and other manipulation of records to help accused get bail. A woman too has been arrested in the case for her involvement in preparing fake Aadhaar card.
The crime branch team had seized many fake Aadhaar cards, ration cards, NMC tax receipts, passport sized photographs and other material from the racketeers during searches at different places. The cops had also seized printing material and equipment.
DCP, crime, Chinmay Pandit, who is supervising the investigation under Addl CP Navinchandra Reddy, said the scam is set to get bigger as they have started working on the bails at sessions court while those procured through the racketeers from the magistrate courts are yet to be identified. “The judiciary has been requested to share with the cops details of bail procured in the past and furnish us the list for investigations,” said Pandit.
“We have already got a list of the accused, who would be booked for using fraudulent means to get bail,” he said.
The police top brass, who are communicating with the District Bar Association, is also gearing up to question advocates who furnished false undertakings claiming to know the imposter guarantors. The court clerks too are under the scanner.
