Delhi Police Busted Gang Running Syndicate Forged Verification Certificates

With the arrest of five accused persons the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police has busted a gang of agents who were running a syndicate of preparing forged Verification Certificates and other documents required for an applicant to submit for getting issued a Passport under Tatkal Scheme.

A case vide FIR No. 38/15, dt.18.03.2015 U/S 420/468/471/120-B IPC & 12 Passport Act, PS EOW was registered on the complaint of Regional Passport Officer, Delhi. It was reported that those citizens who applied for Passports under TATKAL category were required to submit a “Verification Certificate” from a competent authority. During confirmation of the Verification Certificates in respect of about 60 applicants who were issued passports during the year 2014, it was found that the Verification Certificates submitted by them were actually not issued by the concerned authorities and were prepared using forged letter heads by the agents who facilitated the filing of the applications. The applicants who had submitted such certificates were examined who stated that they were charged extra fees by the agents for submitting the applications, facilitating the verification certificate and taking online appointment. The Passports were issued by the RPO but during the post verification, the officials were taken aback when it emerged that the Verification Certificates submitted with the applications were forged. In some cases even the other documents such as Birth Certificate, Voter Card etc. submitted for proof of date of birth and address were also found to be forged.

The investigation of the case was taken up by Economic Offences Wing and the documents submitted by the 60 applicants were collected from the Passport Office. The scrutiny of the documents revealed that the Verifications Certificates were prepared using the letter heads and official rubber stamps of officials of various Govt. Departments including GAIL, DRDO and AAI etc. The concerned officials of various Govt. Departments under whose signatures and letter heads the “Verification Certificates’ purportedly issued were examined and it revealed that they neither know the applicants nor issued the said certificates. The interrogation of the applicants in question who got issued the Passports under Tatkal Scheme led the identity of the agents who were involved in the whole scam.

Prior to the registration of the case an enquiry by the RPO had been conducted on this matter. After the enquiry the alleged persons sensing some trouble; Closed their rented offices/residences etc. and became untraceable. They change their mobile number etc. as well.

Special teams were constituted to nab the culprits and subsequent raids conducted at their known whereabouts but none was found there. The detail provided by the applicants about these agents was analyzed and accordingly secret sources were deployed and even the help of electronic surveillance was taken. The continuous efforts of team bore results and first of all Rakesh Kumar Dubey was apprehended from Vasant Vihar, New Delhi and on sustained interrogation he not only admitted his involvement but he also disclosed names of some other persons involved in this racked. A complete computer set up was found installed in his office at Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi which was used for submitting on line applications. Jitender Singh who is also actively involved in the racket and partner of Rakesh Kumar Dubey’s office in the Bhikaji Cama Place was also arrested from Moti Bagh area. Rachit another agent and active member of this racket was also arrested from outside the passport office, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi. During the sustained interrogation of these three persons, it came in to notice that one person from Meerut, UP is also involved who provides them forged Voter I-card, Adhar Card, School certificates etc. as per their requirement. Accordingly, a trap was laid and Mujeebur-Rehman was apprehended nearby to Village Mohmmadpur while he came there to deliver some forged documents to Rakesh Kumar Dubey. Similarly another person namely Guddu who provides them Birth certificates as per the requirement has also been arrested.  Five accused persons have been arrested in this case so far.

Profile of Accused:-

1.   Rakesh Kumar Dubey S/o Late Shri Sita Ram Dubey r/o C-246, Anand Ka Bagh, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi., age-34 years, 9^th pass, originally belongs to Sultan Pur, U.P.

2.   Jitender Singh S/o Shri Babbir Singh r/o H-210, Nanak Pura,  New Delhi., age-36 years, 8^th pass, originally belongs to Nuteri, Uttra Khand.

3.   Shatrunjay Singh @ Rachit S/o Shri Mohan Singh r/o E-577, Mahabir Enclave Part-III, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi., age-27 years, 10^th pass, originally belongs to Banaras, U.P.

4.   Amit Sahu @ Guddu S/o Sh. Har Narain Sahu r/o 1187, 2^nd Floor, Baradari, Delhi, age-41 years, 12^th pass, originally belongs to Delhi.

5.   Mujeebur Rehman S/o Late Shri Atiqur Rehman r/o 397, Shyam Nagar, Meerut, U.P., age-48 years, 10^th pass, originally belongs to Meerut, U.P.

Facilitating the applicants applying for Passport under Tatkal Scheme preparing the forged documents i.e. Verification Certificates, Voter I Card, Birth Certificates etc.

Recovery:--

1.   One C.P.U

Several incriminating documents like voter I-Cards, Birth Certificates, Verifications Certificates and Adhar Cards.