Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Saturday claimed to have busted a pretend car certificates racket with the arrest of 4 males.
Two others concerned within the racket are at giant.
One suspect — Tukaram Magar — when cornered on Friday morning, tried to run over two constables in a bid to evade arrest. He was nabbed after a short chase. The constables suffered accidents within the incident.
Police stated the suspects ready and issued 700 bogus RTO health, insurance coverage paperwork and tax receipts up to now two years.
Police commissioner Krishna Prakash stated he acquired data that the suspects have been working the racket from a cybercafé at Kalewadi in Wakad.
“On Thursday evening, we raided the cybercafé and took one suspect, Rahul Gaund (23), into custody,” senior inspector Vithhal Kubade of the social safety staff stated.
The police examined Gaund’s cellphone and laptop and found that the opposite suspects of the racket would ship him the knowledge required to organize the bogus paperwork.
Police stated the suspects would pose as touts close to the RTO. The recipients of those pretend certificates included those that wilfully sought such paperwork, in addition to those that believed they have been getting real papers.
“Gaund would put together certificates with pretend stamps and and ship them images to his accomplices,” Kubade defined.
Gaund would obtain cash by an e-wallet and delete all the knowledge.
Throughout the questioning, Gaund revealed the names of Balaji Babar (23) of Thergaon, Magar, and Pravin Dalve (25) of Chakan, who have been arrested.
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