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VADODARA: The detection of crime branch (DCB) on Sunday arrested three men who helped people make forged income certificates to get benefits of Mukhyamantri Amrutam Vatsalya (MAV) scheme. The mastermind of the racket is on the run.
Those arrested were Manoj Kumar Soni, a resident of Panigate Road, Naresh Dalwadi of Fatehpura and Jitendra Chawda, who lives on New Sama Road. “They used to help people in getting forged income certificates and charge anywhere between Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 per certificate,” said Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, DCP (crime).
Jadeja said the name of a man identified as Praveen Rabari has surfaced during the investigations. He used to make the certificates and give them to people through these agents. “Rabari is on the run,” Jadeja told TOI. The crime branch had on Saturday booked seven middlemen for forging income certificates of 35 persons to help them get benefits under MAV scheme.
Vadodara: Seven middlemen were booked on Saturday for forging income certificates of 35 persons to help them get benefits of Mukhyamantri Amrutam Vatsalya (MAV) scheme.
Detection of crime branch (DCB) lodged an offence against the seven persons identified as Manish, Manoj Soni, Patel, Naresh, Jitu, Pravin and Satish after conducting a preliminary investigation for over a month. Police said that suspicion about forgery started when district project coordinator of health department visited the Sudamapuri urban health centre on Ajwa Road.
While going through records of the beneficiaries of MAV scheme, project coordinator Chirag Patel found income certificates of 35 beneficiaries to be forged. On verifying with the deputy executive magistrate, it was confirmed that the certificates were fakes and not issued by any government authority. The 35 beneficiaries received benefits based on the fake certificates.