Pimpri Chinchwad fake identity case: After the Pimpri-Chinchwad area showed multiple reports of persons using fake identities, the police launched a mob into the case, suspecting a bigger racket. The local cops are also investigating the involvement of middlemen, possibly lawyers, who finished the fake identities.
The Pimpri police station laid a trap at the Pimpri court on June 15 to trick the persons who appeared with forged identities including fake Aadhar card, ration card and 7/12 land extract documents and arrested a total of six persons.
"These people were given identities," the police said, "and presented before court as guarantors for accused in serious offences like armed robbery, dacoity and cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act".
Cops On The Pimpri Chinchwad Fake Identity Case
The police registered two separate FIRs on June 16 against the accused, identified as Salman Mujavar (24), Sunil Maruti Gaikwad (52), Pournima Prashant Kate (30), Nanda Eknath Thorat (43), Shridhar Shinde (23) and Samadhan Gaikwad (23), charged with the misleading court and booked under IPC sections pertaining to cheating, forgery, impersonation and giving false declarations before the court.
"We had received specific inputs and have launched a probe into these cases of furnishing fake sureties and misleading the court," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 1) Manchak Ippar
said, "This is possibly an elaborate racket working on multiple levels."
He further reported that the cops will be meticulously probing the possible involvement of lawyers and middlemen in these cases. Initially, it appeared that the booked persons have used different identities to appear before the court on multiple occasions and deceived the judiciary.
It is also being investigated how these fake sureties were given fake identity papers as well as the money transactions in such occurrences.
As Chapter 33 of the Code of Criminal Procedure pertains to bail and bonds, it declares the requirement of bonds and sureties for the release of an accused on bail. According to Section 441-A, the person who stands as the guarantor must declare before the court the number of persons to whom he or she has stood surety in the past. They are also mandated to provide all relevant details.
Last year, a similar racket was discovered in Pune city which led to the arrest of more than three dozen people who used fake identities to stand as sureties for hundreds of accused persons over a period of two years.
According to a leading daily, an officer has suspected possible linking of the two incidents and that a common person may be involved.
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