Two persons, including a former editor-in-chief of a weekly newspaper and a private driver of former deputy secretary of Delhi legislative Assembly, were arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police for allegedly selling forged I-cards and parking passes of the Delhi legislative Assembly.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Ravindra Yadav said the accused were identified as Vinod Bansal and his aide Jitender. The official said both were held from a restaurant opposite Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini. Police have recovered several forged I-cards and parking passes of Delhi legislative Assembly and a forged stamp marked “DVS” (Delhi Vidhan Sabha) and two Wagon-R cars having forged number plate from their possession. One of the cars was found stolen from Bhajanpura area.
Police had got a tip-off that the accused were involved in selling forged I-cards and a team was formed to nab them. The team came to know that the accused Bansal used to represent himself as an employee of Delhi legislative Assembly to win confidence of the people. “To nab them red-handed a decoy customer was sent to strike a deal with them. They called the decoy customer at a restaurant in Rohini to hand him over the parking passes and I-card. The decoy customer paid `10,000 to the accused upon which he was delivered forged I-card and parking pass of DlA. The police team then nabbed the accused and recovered fake I-cards and parking passes of DlA,” police said.