Urla police arrested the General Manager of Alankar Alloys in connection with the fake SAIl stamping case. “Pradeep Agrawal who was the GM at Alankar Alloys was arrested on Friday,” informed Station House Officer Urla, Manisha lamba.
However, still there are no clue about 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 the 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 300 tonnes of iron rods had been seized with the counterfeit SAIl stampings on them so far.
This apart, the 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 the police for an examination for drawing out the details which may help with 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, the 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 alongwith some other Sections had been registered against lalit and Pankaj Agarwal at Gudiyari and Urla police stations. Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Umendra Singh told reporters that a hunt is on to nab both the accused.
A police team each from Gudiyari and Urla police stations have been deployed to track the two accused.