KAPURTHALA: Kapurthala police today busted a Fraud gang pretending as OSD to Punjab CM for getting VIP treatment during meeting with a jail inmate and booked four after recovering mobile phones from the jail premises.
The accused have been identified as Mandeep kaur and her husband Kuldeep kumar along with two jail inmates Bhalinder singh and Dilpreet Singh.
Talking to this correspondent here today Senior Superintendent of Police Kapurthala Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said that Roop Kumar Arora who is posted in IGP Jails was called on his mobile by a fraudster, who introduced himself as DS Sehgal OSD to Chief Minister Punjab and recommended VIP treatment for some persons going to meet jail inmate Bhalinder Singh son of Baldev Singh Sehgal Resident 2/5 Mohalla Prem Nagar Dehradun now at Phase 7 SAS Nagar Mohali.
He added that today morning again a lady Mandeep Kaur wife of Kuldeep Kumar called the IGP Arora and said him to provide special treatment in jail during their meeting with the above-mentioned jail inmate Bhalinder Singh, quoting the same reference of OSD to CM. The lady also messaged the IGP many times regarding this.
IGP Arora immediately shared the information with SSP Kapurthala and Jail Authorities to investigate the matter as he found suspicion about them.
Acting swiftly, The SSP ordered SHO police station Kotwali to check the facts who along with his team immediately reached jail premises and arrested four including Mandeep kaur and her husband Kuldeep singh resident of SBS nagar along with two jail inmates Dilpreet Singh and Bhalinder Singh after the recovery of mobile phone from jail premises.
A case fir no 184 dated 24.06.2021 under section 171, 419, 120B IPC and 52-A Prison Act has been registered in police station kotwali Kapurthala.
The SSP said that arrested accused will be produced today before the magistrate and seek their police remand to complete the investigation of the case and to disclose the other frauds done by them by using the name of Govt. officials.