Koh-e-Fiza police have nabbed a lawyer practising at revenue court of District Collector for past 18 years using forged registration; accused was nabbed after a complaint with District Bar Association.
According to the police the accused Ravindra Kumar Gupta was nabbed after it was found that registration with the District Bar Association was obtained by providing fake registration.
A complaint was made by District Bar Association’s president Rajesh Vyas regarding registration of the accused obtained by forging documents.
During the investigation police found that the accused had forged original certificate registration of advocate Pradeep Kumar Sharma and obtained registration and was practicing since 1999.
Advocate Pradeep Kumar Sharma of Ujjain and had State Bar Council registration. He was looking after the case of serial killer Udayan Das.
The action was taken receiving information from State Bar Council regarding the registration of the accused using faked registration of other advocate.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation police have registered a case under section 420,467 and 468 of the IPC and nabbed the accused on Wednesday. He was produced in the court and was sent under judicial custody.
Police said in the year 2006 accused was booked and case is still continued in the court. Details of other frauds and crimes by the accused would be investigated during the further investigation.