Gang bailing criminals with fake surety bonds busted in Ludhiana, 9 held

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 7

The city police claimed to have busted a gang obtaining bail for criminals by submitting fake surety bonds in courts by arresting nine of its members.

The arrested gang members have been identified as Rajinder Kumar Sood of Bhola Colony, Mandeep, alias, Manga, of Gobindsar, Bhupinder, alias Gandhi, of Satguru Nagar, Babbar Nack, alias Noor, of Model Town Extension, Ravinder, alias Ravi, of Majri village, Bhupinder, alias Rinku, of Shimlapuri, Gurpreet, alias Lambu, of Dhandra road, Manpreet, alias Manni, of Manakwal, and Vijay Kumar of Jawahar Nagar Camp.

Probe to identify ‘beneficiary’ criminals

The gang had obtained bail for hundreds of criminals by submitting fake Aadhaar cards and property documents in the past few months in courts. Now further probe has been launched by the police to identify the criminals who had obtained bails on the basis of fake documents. SPS Dhindsa, DCP, Detective

The police also recovered 32 fake Aadhaar cards, 32 property documents and one voter card from the gang members.

The DCP, Detective, SPS Dhindsa, and ADCP, Crime Rupinder Kaur Bhatti addressed a press conference regarding the matter.

Dhindsa said secret information was received that the gang is helping snatchers, thieves and other criminals get bail from courts. The gang had prepared fake Aadhaar cards also and also obtained property documents of other persons which are mandatory for submitting surety bonds in courts.

The DCP said the gang had obtained bail for hundreds of criminals by submitting fake Aadhaar cards and property documents in the past few months in courts. Now further probe has been launched by the police to identify the criminals who had obtained bails on the basis of fake documents.

The gang was reportedly charging huge sums from the criminals to secure their bail and after identifying them the police will also initiate proceedings for the cancellation of bails, he said.