The Hazaribagh police arrested the members of a gang who were in the illegal business of making forged legal papers. They were caught from a line hotel of Chouparan block on Saturday. Police arrested two persons from the spot and seized important papers related to CCl, commercial, excise taxes of coal merchants from Dhanbad district.
Hazaribagh SP Manoj Kaushik said in a press conference that they got the information that a gang of forgers was active at the border of Bihar and Jharkhand. The gang prepares forged documents, to pass the coal loaded trucks from Jharkhand to Bihar.
A team was formed under the leadership of officer Ram Dayal Munda with the officer in charges of some other police stations. The team was continuously keeping an eye on the functioning of the gang in civil dress. As the team got assured that the persons belong to the gang active in the area, they immediately made a raid of their office which was running in a line hotel.
Police arrested two persons who were working in the office at the time of raid.
The arrested persons are Arvind Kumar Singh of Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh and Sudhir Kumar Singh of Bhabhua of Bihar. Police seized fake papers of CCl, commercial tax and forest department along with three mobile and computers set with printer.
SP said that the kingpin of this gang is still out of reach but the police have all the facts related to gang leader. The police assured of nabbing him soon. The SP announced special awards for all the team members who were involved in capturing the gang.
"We are also keeping close eye on the working of integrated check post of commercial tax department to know how the trucks pass successfully with illegal documents and are trying to get the information of the involvement of check post employees also," the SP said. In the press meet DSP Arvind Kumar Singh and DSP Satish Kumar Jha were also present.