The accused had sold 200 fake vehicle registration documents in different cities of Gujarat. (Representative image)
RAJKOT: Rajkot police on Wednesday took custody of Irshad Pathan from Surat police who is allegedly involved in a scam of availing bank loans using forged documents of ‘non-existent’ vehicles.
Earlier on July 19, a travel bus operator Bholugiri Goswami (40) was arrested for securing bank loans on travel buses which never existed. Goswami, a resident of Narayan Nagar, owns Khodiyar Travels in Rajkot city.
Police said that Pathan was produced before a local court in Rajkot on Wednesday which remanded him till July 28. “During questioning, Pathan said that he had sold 200 fake vehicle registration documents in different cities like Bhavnagar, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot. He used to get these forged papers from one Bhumesh Shah of Surat at Rs 1.50 lakh per document,” police said.
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RAJKOT: A travel bus operator, aged around 40 years, was arrested for securing bank loans on travel buses which never existed. According to Special Operations Group (SOG) officials, they arrested one Bhalugiri Goswami, a resident of Narayan Nagar, who owns Khodiyar Travels in Rajkot city on Monday.
As per the primary details, Goswami secured bank loans worth Rs 4.6 crore from different banks by producing forged Registration Certificate (RC) books of 28 luxury buses. Police lodged a complaint against three persons Bholagiri Goswami, Irshad Pathan and Hosang Bhagvagar under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including criminal conspiracy and have launched a probe. Both Pathan and Bhagvagar hail from Surat.