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Fake papers of government departments unearthed

Bangalore: The fake document racket, which was unearthed by the Sampigehalli police here recently, has spread its tentacles in Tamil Nadu and Kerala too. Investigation has revealed that those involved in the racket had sold many fake and forged documents to a large number of Non-Resident Indians and businessmen in Coimbatore, Thrissur, Palakkad and other places.

Officials of the North East Division of Bangalore City Police recovered a large quantity of fake documents and seals belonging to the various departments of the southern States from the accused here on Sunday.

“Recently, we arrested two stamp vendors, Keshav and Harish, here in connection with the racket. From Harish we recovered fake seals of various departments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North East Division) Basavaraja Malagatti.

Harish had fake documents of Revenue, Social Welfare, Health, Transport and other departments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala government in his possession, the Deputy Commissioner of Police told The Hindu here on Sunday.

He said the police are seeking the help of translators to study the Tamil and Malayalam documents and seals recovered by the team .

Harish (38), an arts graduate from Bhandarkar College in Kundapura, had been in the business for the past 15 years, allegedly selling a large number of forged and fake documents and stamp papers to the public.

Another officer, who did not want to be quoted, said: “NRIs and software professionals have been investing in land, farms and houses in various parts of South India. The accused had a wide network of agents in Tami Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.”

Investigation has also revealed that Harish had received fake seals and forged documents of the two States from two women who have been absconding since the racket came to light.

The case has been transferred to CCB.

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