Franking fraud unearthed,2 held

As per the complaint,unidentified persons did a franking of Rs 100 at the WMDC Shivajinagar office and then using the same franking number and code number they did a bogus franking on stamp duty of Rs 57,800 in the name of one Sunil Kunjir. For this purpose,they prepared papers of property agreement of Vaibhav Srishti Developers and Kunjir. They then submitted the fake documents at the sub registrar office number 19 for registration.

On receiving information that two persons would be coming to the sub registrar office number 19 with bogus documents,the police laid a trap and nabbed Maniyar and Wahalkar from a car. On interrogation,the suspects told the police that they had prepared bogus franking documents and submitted them at the sub registrar office about two months ago. The suspects said they fled the office after officials found the papers suspicious.

Police are now probing whether the suspects have done more bogus franking in the city as forged rubber stamps of five sub registrar offices were obtained from their possession. Assistant police inspector Shriram Pol is investigating the case under the guidance of deputy commissioner of police (zone IV) Sanjay Jadhav.

Cheating in name of tours: 1 arrested,hunt on for another
The Khadak police have arrested a man and booked another for allegedly duping 11 persons of Rs 7.45 lakh by making false promises of religious tours to foreign countries at low costs. The arrested is one Sanjay Prasad Bansode of Bibvewadi,while the police are hunting for one Dilip Ahire of Yerawada in the case.

The police action followed a complaint lodged by one Bhagwan Wagh (48) of Chinchwad. Sub inspector AV Nikam said,“The suspects had,in the first few months of 2009,distributed pamphlets at various places advertising tours to religious places in Israel,Jordan and Egypt. Wagh had visited the company office in Ajmera Complex,Bhavani Peth,where he was asked to pay Rs 35,000. The two had then promised to send him on a tour in November or December.”

Police said they would produce Bansode in court on Thursday.