A ‘look out notice’ has been issued against the fugitive father-son latit Agrawal and Pankaj Agrawal in relation with the TMT bar case. The notice has been issued so that the accused duo could not escape to foreign countries, police said on Wednesday.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) IH Khan informed that the Superintendent of Police OP Pal, has, issued the order. After prolonged investigation Raipur police has failed to nab the accused.
On April 3 Raipur police along with officers of Steel Authority of India limited (SAIl) team from Mumbai had raided Pankaj Ispat limited, Gogaon and also lalit Agrawal of Alankar Allied of Borjhara road in Guma.
The ASP further said that about 271 metric tons of TMT bars with fake SAIl marks were found in both the factories. They also found one truck laden with stock ready for dispatch while another trailer stood half-loaded. Police was not able to apprehend driver who escaped from the site after seeing police at Alankar Allied. However drivers nabbed in Pankaj Ispat limited within Gudhiyari police station limits admitted that their consignment was headed for Ahamedabad. Police recovered two trucks loaded with TMT bars there.
Police said that the Pankaj Ispat had the right to use Atlas ISI mark however they were also stamping the SAIl mark. The TMT bars at Pankaj Ispat were being made by melting of beams and ingots. CSP (Purani Basti) Mukesh Khare confirmed that almost 250 tones of stocks were recovered from this facility. Police sources elaborated that Alankar Allied, having an elaborate facility for the TMT bars, had nearly five machines for the punching logos out of which six could be utilized for ‘SAIl’ logo.