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Bogus bills: court pulls up police

Kochi: The Ernakulam Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate on Monday pulled up the police for not conducting a proper investigation into the racket involved in printing bogus bills of oil companies and distributing them to the PWD contractors for claiming money towards the purchase of bitumen.

The court said that the case diary disclosed that the police had tried to save the real culprit who had swindled crores of rupees. The top police officials had never felt that it was a grave crime that required their immediate intervention and use of modern techniques for result-oriented investigation.

An efficient team was required for the investigation. The court noted that the investigation had not progressed an inch.

The court made the observation while granting bail to Rajesh who was arrested in connection with the case.

The court ordered that he be released on bail on his executing a bond for Rs.10 lakh.

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