Moga (PTI): A high level probe in the infamous Moga fake passport scam was going on war footing by the five members of special Investigation Team led by DSP Jaspal Singh.

The team had already gone through the record of 226 passports alleged to be forged one and issued during the year 2006-07 by allegedly tampering with the official record and forging of the ceritificates of birth and education by three police head constables posted in the passport verification branch here.

As per the FIR lodged on a complaint by one social worker with the Moga police on July 13, six persons were involved including three head constables Jaswinder Sing, Ranjit Singh and Gurdyal Singh, Balwinder Singh, a clerk of Moga Municipal Committee attached to issuing of birth and death certificates, a postman of Moga head post office and Superintendent of Regional Passport office Didar Singh at Chandigarh.

All these six persons in alleged connivance with each other used to tamper records, forge documents regarding age, education and address proofs and even these policemen were found using fake and forged Police verification record.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Moga said that the investigators had already visited the Regional Passport office, Chandigarh four days back and were going there within a day or two find further information regarding the issuing of fake and forged passports from there.