Thu Sep 23 2010
The main suspect in the fake vehicle registration scam unearthed in Kharar was arrested on Wednesday. Navpreet Singh alias Johny was a typist at the tehsil complex here and had been on the run since the scam surfaced on September 18, the police said this evening.
City Additional SHO Purshotam Singh told Newsline that the suspect was arrested during a raid at one of his suspected hideouts and will be produced before a local court tomorrow to procure his police remand. “We are interrogating him to ascertain the modus operandi, how many other fake vehicle registration numbers were issued, and who else was involved in the scam,” he disclosed.
The scam was unearthed when two cars were recently spotted with the same registration number (PB-27-C-0213) by a retired BSF official here. Taking cognisance of the complaint lodged by former BSF Inspector Surinder Singh of Kharar, the local police booked Johny under Sections 420 (cheating), 468 and 471 (forgery & preparation of forged documents) of the IPC.
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