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Monday, March 17, 2008

CID to probe forgery

Statesman News Service
MALDA, March 16:-
Having failed to bust the racket involving around Rs. 40 lakhs, the Malda police have decided to hand over the case to the CID.

After detection of forged drafts on 12 February, the police have been able to arrest only two persons out of 11 who were supposed to be involved in these forged drafts' transactions.

The investigating officer of English Bazaar police station, Mr. Jayanta Choudhury, has already prepared a list of 11 suspected persons and informed the various banks authorities, where the transactions were made, and sought information in detail about their bank accounts.

Police also asked the bank officials to stop operation of their accounts registering the case on 20 February in English Bazaar police station.

So far the district police arrested two persons Prakash Ghosh and Biplab Ghosh. Police are looking for Subir Kumar Datta, a resident of Behrampur in Murshidabad, Shyamal Das alias Swapan and Pranesh Ghosh.

Besides, police have interrogated six other persons Kamana Ghosh, wife of Pranesh Ghosh, Kanak Ghosh, son of Pranesh Ghosh, Pawan Agarwal, Abdus Subhan and his friend Elamuddin and Akash Banthia, son of a big businessman in English Bazaar town , Prabin Banthia.

According to Malda S P, "Subir Datta had bought a draft of Rs. 1200 from Behrampur branch of a certain bank. The racketeers made several 'blank' drafts copying the draft, issued by concerned bank, with the help of high quality colour photo copier".

Investigation revealed that though the number of the draft was same but the racketeers put figure of according to their choice and forged the signature of bank officials. #####

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