Gang of fraudsters making fake death certificates busted

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a major breakthrough, Hanumantal police busted a gang involved in grabbing ex-gratia payment of around Rs 1 crore of Government’s Social Security Scheme by making fake death certificates of alive persons. Police have arrested three accused of the gang and seized 40 fake death certificates from them. The arrested have been identified as Shekh Shahzad (34), son of late Shekh Shareef, a resident of New Neta Colony in Adhartal, Akib Rafeeq (26), Abdul Rafeeq (26), residents of New Anand Nagar Pump House in Hanumantal and Salman alias Mohammed Saddam Shekh (27), son of Mohammed Murtaza, a resident of Raza Chowk, Mecca Nagar, Hanumantal. Superintendent of Police Aditya Pratap Singh (IPS) disclosed this while addressing a press conference, on Friday. He informed that a man named Saiyyed Rizvi (45), a resident of MIG-04, Anand Nagar, Adhartal, lodged a written complaint that in year 2020, he received information about making of Mazdoori Card under Government Scheme. A man named Shahzad was online making Mazdoori Card at his shop and he reached the shop.

 

Shahzad demanded his documents and cash of Rs 5000 for making the card. He gave his documents and photo. After six months in year 2021, Shahzad gave his Mazdoori Card. Soon after, he learnt that Shahzad was misusing Mazdoori Cards for withdrawing money from Government in the name of card holders. He reached at Jabalpur Municipal Corporation where he learnt that unidentified person withdrew money through his Mazdoori Card by showing his death certificate. Acting on the complaint, police started investigations and found that the money of Rs 6,000 on August 8, 2022, and Rs 2 lakh on October 13, 2022, was deposited in Union Bank Account of Akib Rafeeq through MP Building Hyderabad Payment Cell by electronic transfer. Hanumantal police registered a case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of IPC. Investigating the case, police arrested three accused and seized 40 fake death certificates.

 

During interrogation, accused disclosed that they have claimed ex-gratia in around 30 cases of death claim through Government Scheme amounting to around Rs 1 crore. Police have obtained the remand of accused for further investigation into the case. The accused were apprehended with active working of police team led by SHO, Hanumantal, Manas Dwivedi, SI, Sachin Verma, SI, Durgesh Maravi, SI, Ravindra Dudwa, Head Constables, Nitin Joshi, Ved Prakash, Ajay Dabral, Constables, Amit Gautam, Jaikishore, Niranjan Singh and Saurabh.