In the ongoing investigation in the bogus document racket in Ahmedabad,the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) has arrested five agents working for the accused in the fake documents racket unearthed in the city. The agents worked for Harvadan Upadhyay and Jignesh Patel in the bogus documents racket. Jignesh Patel from Gomtipur,Lalchand Dodecha,Vinod Dodecha from Mansi Towers at Satellite,Harvadhan Upadhyay and Pankaj Gohil from the Maninagar area in Ahmedabad were arrested by the DCB in two different crackdowns in the city. Investigating officer Inspector KK Patel from DCB said,They had a strong network in the city and many agents got them customers. They partnered in this business. They all possess different skills. Patel was an expert in making PAN cards and voter ID cards. When he got customers for Income-Tax returns or bank-related documents,he used to send them to Harvadan. Similarly,the customers were sent to Pankaj for getting stamps of government and public sector companies. Refusing to elaborate much on agents,Patel said,We have nabbed some of the agents who are spilling the beans on their network. There are more fraudsters connected with their network. There are nearly 15 agents in the city. The DCB added that these fraudsters are not common forgers who make PAN cards,ration cards or school marksheets. Jignesh has a unique art of forging papers of the municipal corporations and municipalities. With the letter heads of the state government and other government bodies,Patel helped many customers illegally with their civic problems,land issues,NOC permissions,etc. A senior officer from DCB said the families of the accused Dodecha and Harvadan worked in unison. Dodechas used to create I-T documents and papers of 15 different banks to procure loans or get credit. Dodecha father and son duo had expertise in making forged documents of co-operatives and small commercial banks. Patel said the DCB has found many links leading to the accused working for the high profile customers in West Ahmedabad and many working class customers in Maninagar,Gomtipur,Shahpur areas but refused to divulge their names. He added,Initially,we are cracking down on agents and then will go after the customers. We have interrogated those who are also guilty of using the agents illegal means. The agents are revealing the customers names.
