Dehradun police on Friday arrested Karanpur resident Harprit Singh Ahuja and Ballupur resident Pankaj Bali for allegedly securing loans for three-wheelers worth `1.60 lakh each from two different banks after submitting forged documents. The accused were sent to jail after being presented in the court, said SSP Sadanand Shankar Rao Date.
He said that Ahuja had taken loan from Bank of Baroda Shashtrinagar branch using forged documents. Jeevan Sharma was the guarantor for the loan given to Harprit. Similarly, Bali had secured loan from the Saharanpur Chowk branch of Oriental Bank of Commerce using forged documents. A case under sections 420 and 120b of IPC was registered against both the accused separately at the Nehru Colony police station.
During interrogation, Harprit alleged that his friend Jeevan Sharma had helped him forge documents to secure the vehicle loan.
Bali said that he along with Sharma and Jasvinder Singh Saini had earlier done finance- related works also opening an office on Kanwali Road. However, the office was closed down after they incurred loss. Bali said that Jasvinder had asked him to secure the loan from OBC, Saharanpur Road. Jasvinder had forged documents in the name of a company based on which, the loan was released, Bali said. He did not purchase a vehicle after securing the load, he informed.
The SSP said that police teams are out to arrest Jeevan Sharma and Jasvinder Singh Saini. He further said that the police had earlier cracked a loan forgery case arresting three persons. Around 60 persons who had secured vehicle loans using forged documents from various banks in the district and against whom cases have been registered in various police stations have gone underground. Regarding this issue, 11 cases have been registered in different police stations in the city.