There is still no clue yet on the whereabouts of father-son duo, lalit Agarwal and his son Pankaj, who had been absconding ever since their factory premises was raided by the joint SAIl vigilance team and local police leading to seizure of tonnes of sariya (iron rods) with the fake SAIl stampings on them.
The raid was conducted at Gogaon located Pankaj Ispat ltd and Alankar Allies at Borjhara road near Guma and the seizures went on till late at night on Thursday.
Police sources said that about 100 tonnes of iron rods had been seized with the counterfeit SAIl stampings on them.
This apart, police had also seized a computer, hard disk and a large number of documents from the offices of the two factories. The hard disk of the computer is being sent to the Cyber Cell of police for further investigation.
Sources said that there was prior information on the activity at the premises of Pankaj Ispat ltd and Alankar Allies on fake SAIl stampings being made on the iron rods alongwith another Saurabh Rolling Mill at Kanhera road. However, police did not find anything at the premises of Saurabh Rolling Mill. Some local iron merchants informed that both lalit and Pankaj Agarwal are trying for an anticipatory bail, sources said.
A case of cheating along with some other Sections had been registered against lalit and Pankaj Agarwal at Gudiyari and Urla police stations. Additional Superintendent of Police Umendra Singh told reporters that a hunt is on to nab both the accused.