Ludhiana | Man caught receiving money from abroad using IDs of dead people
Police had received information that the accused Ashok Kumar, who works as a property dealer-cum-commission agent and has an office near Mata Rani Chowk, has been receiving money from abroad using ID proofs of dead people, by forging their signatures. He also runs a money transfer business.
A man has been arrested for fraudulently receiving money from foreign countries using documents of dead people. Police suspect he has links with criminal elements and are probing the matter.
The accused has been identified as Ashok Kumar of New Kitchlu Nagar.
Assistant sub-inspector Lakhwinder Singh, the investigating officer, said police had received information that the accused Ashok Kumar, who works as a property dealer-cum-commission agent and has an office near Mata Rani Chowk, has been receiving money from abroad using ID proofs of dead people, by forging their signatures. He also runs a money transfer business.
He has been arrested under Sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable, security or will etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
Joint commissioner of police (city) Narinder Bhargav said important information is expected from the accused during questioning.
