Rajkot: The Amreli police have busted a sinister racket of fake medical certificates being issued to the family members of notorious incarcerated prisoners to help them get temporary bail and then escape.
The entire scam was being operated from inside the VIP barrack of the local jail by smuggling in mobile phones in collusion with some jail staffers.
On Tuesday, police booked 12 persons and detained six of them including a Rajkot-based doctor who allegedly issued the medical certificates without carrying out the necessary checks of criminals' family members.
“The intention behind getting the medical certificates of family members was to enable the history-sheeters get bail which is difficult for those booked in serious offences. They wanted to produce fake certificates of their family members to secure bail. The history-sheeters then planned to escape once released," Nirlipt Rai, superintendent of police, Amreli, told TOI.
In the last one year or so, 10 prisoners have jumped bail and the police are now investigating if they did so using this modus operandi.
At the same time, the gang facilitated calls for other inmates to their known people outside the jail. They used to charge hefty from the inmates, many of whom were even threatened of dire consequences if they did not shell out the demanded sum.
“It was as if they were running a public call office (PCO) inside the jail barrack,” added Rai.
Police found 40 IMEI numbers and 17 sim cards from the accused. “The calls were made not just in Amreli district, but also to prisoners in other districts including Surat jail,” said RK Karamta, in-charge police inspector, Amreli local crime branch (LCB).
Those detained were Dr Dhiren Gheewala of Rajkot, Naresh alias Narsinh Vala, Shivraj alias Munno Ramkubhai alias Rambhai, Bal Singh Boria, Naresh alias Natu Khuman andh is adopted son Gautam. Except Dr Gheewala, all are natives of various villages of Amreli district. Of these, Shivraj, Boriya, Khuman and his adopted son Gautam have been booked under the stringent Gujarat Control Of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GujCTOC).
The entire scam was being operated from inside the VIP barrack of the local jail by smuggling in mobile phones in collusion with some jail staffers.
On Tuesday, police booked 12 persons and detained six of them including a Rajkot-based doctor who allegedly issued the medical certificates without carrying out the necessary checks of criminals' family members.
“The intention behind getting the medical certificates of family members was to enable the history-sheeters get bail which is difficult for those booked in serious offences. They wanted to produce fake certificates of their family members to secure bail. The history-sheeters then planned to escape once released," Nirlipt Rai, superintendent of police, Amreli, told TOI.
In the last one year or so, 10 prisoners have jumped bail and the police are now investigating if they did so using this modus operandi.
At the same time, the gang facilitated calls for other inmates to their known people outside the jail. They used to charge hefty from the inmates, many of whom were even threatened of dire consequences if they did not shell out the demanded sum.
“It was as if they were running a public call office (PCO) inside the jail barrack,” added Rai.
Police found 40 IMEI numbers and 17 sim cards from the accused. “The calls were made not just in Amreli district, but also to prisoners in other districts including Surat jail,” said RK Karamta, in-charge police inspector, Amreli local crime branch (LCB).
Those detained were Dr Dhiren Gheewala of Rajkot, Naresh alias Narsinh Vala, Shivraj alias Munno Ramkubhai alias Rambhai, Bal Singh Boria, Naresh alias Natu Khuman andh is adopted son Gautam. Except Dr Gheewala, all are natives of various villages of Amreli district. Of these, Shivraj, Boriya, Khuman and his adopted son Gautam have been booked under the stringent Gujarat Control Of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GujCTOC).
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