Mumbai Crime Branch sleuths have busted a gang and have arrested five people allegedly instrumental in procuring loan from a bank by submitting bogus documents.
Those arrested are - Romi Rajan Kapoor alias Koushik Kumar Kaustubh Nath, 41, Saket Ashok Dikshit, 34, Vishal Tarkeswar Tiwari, 41, Gignesh Jitendra Rajani, 31, and Vikas Bhasker Dongare, 34.
Kandivali Unit of crime branch had received specific information that a gang instrumental in submitting fake documents and procuring loan from banks is active in the city.
"We first picked up Romi Kapoor and from his possession we found two PAN Cards, Aadhar Cards and Driving Licenses with different names but having his photographs. During questioning he revealed that he had kept those ID cards to seek loan from bank. We then got a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy registered in the matter at Oshiwara police station and took over the investigations of the case," said police inspector Chimaji Aadav.
He added, Kapoor during the questioning also revealed that two other members of the gang were bank agents and they helped in getting fake documents made so that the process of securing loan from the banks becomes easy.
"Kapoor had recently secured three loans of Rs 59 lakh, Rs 29 lakh and Rs 21 lakh from a bank by submitting fake documents and duped the bank. Probe has revealed that Kapoor has committed a fraud worth crore of rupees in Kolkata as well. On the instance of Kapoor we managed to arrested remaining members of the gang in due course. The arrested persons are in crime branch custody till October 03," Aadav said.
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- Romi Kapoor, 1 of the arrested, had 2 PAN Cards, Aadhar Cards and Driving Licenses with different names on them but, all documents had his photograph
- Kapoor confessed the documents were to seek loan from banks
