This racket was being run from a service center in Tarn Taran on the instructions of District Manager Suraj Bhandari, who is absconding.
Yadav said the arrested gang members include service center employee Harpal Singh and photostat shop owner Baljeet Singh, who were the brains behind tampering of identity proofs including Aadhar card and arms license proforma to facilitate preparation of fake arms licenses. Accepted the matter.
He said the police teams also recovered a laptop which contained various edited documents and details of online open-source software used to tamper with the documents. The racket came to light after Bablu's arrest on April 9 in an attempt to murder case, as during interrogation he confessed to possessing fake licensed weapons along with co-accused Kanwardeep Singh.
The DGP said that after Bablu's revelations, police teams started investigation and found out that the weapon license was verified from the Deputy Commissioner's office in Tarn Taran, but was not reflected in the official records. Besides, criminals with adverse records, who are originally residents of Amritsar, were using facilities in Tarn Taran to make fake licenses based on forged Aadhaar cards, he said.
Yadav said the arrested gang members include service center employee Harpal Singh and photostat shop owner Baljeet Singh, who were the brains behind tampering of identity proofs including Aadhar card and arms license proforma to facilitate preparation of fake arms licenses. Accepted the matter.
He said the police teams also recovered a laptop which contained various edited documents and details of online open-source software used to tamper with the documents. The racket came to light after Bablu's arrest on April 9 in an attempt to murder case, as during interrogation he confessed to possessing fake licensed weapons along with co-accused Kanwardeep Singh.
The DGP said that after Bablu's revelations, police teams started investigation and found out that the weapon license was verified from the Deputy Commissioner's office in Tarn Taran, but was not reflected in the official records. Besides, criminals with adverse records, who are originally residents of Amritsar, were using facilities in Tarn Taran to make fake licenses based on forged Aadhaar cards, he said.
