The crime branch, Thane rural arrested a cyber cafe owner from Andheri and his assistant for preparing fake school leaving certificates of a Palghar-based school to auto drivers wanting to get permits to ply the vehicles.
According to the police, Mahindra Chavan, 28, a resident of Koldongri in Andheri, who ran a he Panchratna Cyber Cafe in Uttan, Bhayandar, would demand Rs 2,500 from auto drivers to prepare fake school passing certificates bearing the seal of Abhinav Vidyalaya, a school in Palghar.
According to a recent state government ruling, auto drivers can only acquire a permit after they submit their educational qualifications and their licence badge.
Chavan would ask his assistant Sikandar Shaikh, 19, a resident of Uttan to find rickshaw drivers who needed permits. Police said Shaikh would receive a commission from Chavan for every driver they sold a passing certificate to.
Acting on a tip-off, the police sent a man, posing as an auto driver, to ask Chavan for a school leaving certificate. A trap was set and Chavan and Shaikh were trapped. The police also recovered three fake passing certificates, rubber stamps and other documents.
"We have written to the RTOs in Thane and Mumbai to check for school leaving certificates bearing the seal of the Palghar school, who we believe is also involved in the scam. The duo has been booked for cheating and forgery and were remanded in police custody after they were produced before a local court," said PI Kishore Khairnar of Thane rural's crime branch.
According to the police, Mahindra Chavan, 28, a resident of Koldongri in Andheri, who ran a he Panchratna Cyber Cafe in Uttan, Bhayandar, would demand Rs 2,500 from auto drivers to prepare fake school passing certificates bearing the seal of Abhinav Vidyalaya, a school in Palghar.
According to a recent state government ruling, auto drivers can only acquire a permit after they submit their educational qualifications and their licence badge.
Chavan would ask his assistant Sikandar Shaikh, 19, a resident of Uttan to find rickshaw drivers who needed permits. Police said Shaikh would receive a commission from Chavan for every driver they sold a passing certificate to.
Acting on a tip-off, the police sent a man, posing as an auto driver, to ask Chavan for a school leaving certificate. A trap was set and Chavan and Shaikh were trapped. The police also recovered three fake passing certificates, rubber stamps and other documents.
"We have written to the RTOs in Thane and Mumbai to check for school leaving certificates bearing the seal of the Palghar school, who we believe is also involved in the scam. The duo has been booked for cheating and forgery and were remanded in police custody after they were produced before a local court," said PI Kishore Khairnar of Thane rural's crime branch.
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