Drivers of cattle transporting lorry assaulted; Judicial custody of accused extended
Karwar police took accused to Bhatkal
Bhatkal, June 26: The local court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of all 13 accused who were arrested on charges of assaulting the drivers of a lorry carrying the cattle. All the 13 accused were produced before the First Judicial Magistrate Court. After hearing the arguments, the judge extended the judicial custody.
Incident
Total 14 cows and 14 calves were being transported from Gujarat to a milk dairy in Kerala for dairy farming belonging to a brother of an MLA in Dakshina Kannada when the accused waylaid the lorry at Murudeshwara Basti on May 21, 2018 and assaulted the drivers. Some things of the drivers were also missing at the time. The drivers lodged a complaint at Murudeshwara police station against this incident. Police have arrested 13 persons and put them behind bars in Karwar jail. The court also rejected their bail application. Now, the court once again extended their judicial custody.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
