Bagh Sewania police have booked a woman candidate of Congress who submitted forged ‘caste certificate’ in local body elections. A case of fraud was registered on Saturday.
The complainant Seema Yadav had lodged a complaint against Congress candidate from Ward no; 54, Jyoti Maandalik for producing forged documents for contesting municipal corporation elections.
SHO of Bagh Sewania lalit Singh Dangur said that the case has been registered after it was found that the documents submitted were forged.
Based on the complaint, after the preliminary the police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
During elections, the accused Jyoti contested against Seema who represented BJP in the municipal corporation elections for ward no 54 and claimed victory later she found that her opponent had submitted fake documents to claim her eligibility to contest elections.
During the investigation police found that SDM MP Nagar office never issued such caste certificate and after this, a case was registered against the accused.
Meanwhile, Shahjehanabad police have nabbed one of the absconding miscreants who had duped more than 100 victims in the name of doubling money by investing in their firm.
The accused identified as Aftab Ahmed was nabbed by police who along with his accomplice Iqbal duped 126 people in the name of doubling cash by investing in their firm Victor Engineering Works. The search for the absconding accused Iqbal has been intensified in the fraud over Rs 50 lakh.
The mater came to fore after one of the victims approached police and lodged a complaint and during the investigation police found that the number of victims was around 126.