NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — In India's central state of Maharashtra, two career criminals, who were in jail for faking government documents and cheating people, stunned everyone by securing release from a court by using their criminal craft.
Senior Police Inspector Kaarkar confirmed with Sputnik that the duo had indeed forged his signature. "A fresh case of forgery has been registered against the two and investigations are already on it. However, they are still on the run."
It was only a month after they were released that a constable got an inkling of the situation when he was checking files in the court archive.
Constable Sanap told the Press Trust of India:
"I knew the court had issued a bail order for the two accused last month but they could not be released as the verification of the guarantors was pending. But, three days back, when I was going through the case diary I saw a paper which said that both the accused had been released. The document was signed by senior inspector Kaarkar of Srinagar police station and submitted by one constable RS Patil. As I myself am attached to the same police station I know that there is no one called Patil there."
Upon investigation, it was found that the papers, signature of guarantor police officials and rubber stamp of the police station were all fake. The lawyer was also fake and cannot be found, according to the police.
