Ration shop owner in Thane booked for forging documents to create fake ration cards

A ration shop owner in Maharashtrarsquos Thane district has been booked for allegedly fabricating documents to create fake ration cards the police confirmed on SaturdayAccording to PTI the accused is suspected of forging official documents and rubber stamps to manipulate the system and issue fraudulent ration cards Acting on a tipoff the crime branch conducted a raid at his premises uncovering a large number of fake materialsAs per PTI the raid was carried out by a team from the crime branch who seized as many as 110 fabricated items including forged ration cards official forms and rubber stamps bearing the names of various government departments An official from the Manpada police station in Dombivli stated that the case was registered following a complaint received by the authoritiesSpeaking about the raid SubInspector Kiran Bhise from the crime branch team stated that the seized materials included multiple rubber stamps purportedly from different government agencies along with forged ration cards and other official documents He further noted that the accused had allegedly been operating this illegal activity for some time taking advantage of loopholes in the systemThane Bogus ration card racket busted in Bhiwandi ATS arrests three personsThree persons were arrested by theMaharashtra Anti Terrorism Squadin Bhiwandi in Thane district for allegedly selling fake ration cards an official told news agency PTI on SundayA decoy was used to confirm a tip off on Friday and two ration card agents and a ration shop owner were held and several bogus ration cards and other incriminating documents were seized from them ATS Thane unit inspectorAnanda Patiltold PTIA case was registered against them for cheating forgery and other offences at Nizampura police station on Saturday the official told PTIFurther probe into the racket in which the accused were selling fake ration cards for Rs 8000 each is underway The accused were identified as ration card agents Irfan Ali Ansari and Sanjay Bodhe and ration shop owner Naushad Rai Ahmed Sheikh the official told PTIMeanwhile three persons were sentenced till rising of the court for assaulting a traffic police constable 12 years ago in Thane city Rising of the court is a term which means the guilty are detained in a courtroom till proceedings of the day conclude after which they are released reported PTISessions Judge Rachna Tehra also fined Trilokinath Choubey 53 Anand Choubey 49 and Krishna Kudil 79 Rs 5000 each in her order of September 6 details of which were made available now The three had assaulted constable Prabhakar Patil on November 8 2011 after he stopped their tempo for alleged speeding said additional public prosecutor Sandhya Mhatre reported PTIEarlier the police in Maharashtras Thane city have launched an investigation after a silver idol of Lord Ganesha many sacred symbols and cash were stolen from a temple an official told PTI on SaturdayThe theft was committed at the Jai Bholenath temple in Naupada locality on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday the police told PTIA silver Ganesha idol weighing 7 kg a trishul trident a metal snake copper vessels a table fan and cash were stolen from the shrine the official from Naupada police station told PTINo arrests have been made yet he said adding that an investigation is underwayWith inputs from PTI