Special Task Force (STF) Uttarakhand arrested three persons allegedly involved in receiving vehicle loans with forged documents from various Dehradun-based nationalised and private banks.
The accused had duped many banks of around Rs 15 crores, it is learnt from police. The accused have been identified as Qurban, Nawab and Chirag, said STF SSP Dr Sadanand Date while interacting with media persons.
He said that STF received a tip- off that a gang was active in Dehradun, obtaining vehicle loans on forged documents.
Acting on it, STF formed a team consisting of police personnel Amar Chandra Sharma, Sanjay Mishra, Santosh Shah, Satyendra, Pramod Kumar, Deepak Bhandari, Yashpal Singh and Dilbar Singh Negi. Police took two suspects Chirag alias Chiraguddin, resident of Tyagi Road and native of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh and Nawab Ali, resident of Patelnagar, Dehradun, for interrogation.
Their interrogation revealed that both had illegally secured vehicle loans from various banks located in Dehradun and neighbouring districts with forged documents.
Verification revealed that on September 20, branch manger, district cooperative bank, Sahaspur had registered a complaint in Sahaspur Police Station. A case under sections was registered under sections 420/467/46-8/471/120b of IPC against unidentified persons in Sahaspur police station.
The accused admitted to having taken the bank manager into confidence. They had opened the bank accounts for securing vehicle loans, they said. They had prepared vehicle showroom’s quotation falsely and named some gang members as sale executives of the showroom. Following the same method, they used to secure the vehicle loans from other banks too.
Police said the gang members used to threaten the bank officials by claiming rapport with high- profile persons. They also claimed before the bank staff that some bank officials were involved in it.
Interrogation further revealed that several luxurious vehicles and JCBs were procured through loans taken from the banks. They further revealed that more than ten youths, all highly qualified, had been working in the gang Some members are Navin Garg, Navneet Aggarwal, Sachin Sharma, Deepak, Aggarwal, Manish Negi, Vinay Tyal, Paras Choudhary, Vijay Singhal alias Vijay Aggarwal and Qurban.
The accused had taken vehicle loans from Dena Bank, Branch GMS Road, Canara Bank, GMS Branch, SBI branch Saharanpur Chowk, Uttarakhand Gramin Bank, SBI Saharanpur Chowk, Canara Bank, Saharanpur Chowk, Old Urban Cooporative Bank, Jhanda Chowk, Bank of Baroda, branch Shastrinagar, Haridwar Road, District Co-operative bank, Selaqui, OBC Bank Selaqui, Bank of Baroda, Kishannagar, Indian Oversea Bank, Indranagar, Union Bank, GMS Road, Nainital Bank, Haridwar Road. Mahindra Finance, Haridwar Bypass and others.