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Mastermind of forgery racket held, Bengal CID suspects Pakistan link

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IANS Kolkata

The West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department on Saturday arrested the mastermind of a forgery racket and was probing his Pakistan connection, a senior CID officer said.

"The CID arrested Muhammad Umar, 32, from Delhi. There is a probability that this man was in touch with someone in Pakistan and we are looking into it," the officer said.

The accused was brought to West Bengal on a three-day transit remand, he said.

He said the branch manager of Canara Bank in Howrah district had lodged an FIR on November 20 for forgery.

"She complained that a cheque of Rs 6,30,000 was deposited in an account at her branch and Rs 3,66,591 was encashed. It was later revealed that the cheque was forged," said CID in a statement.

 

It said eight people had been arrested in the case earlier.

--IANS

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First Published: Dec 22 2018 | 7:58 PM IST

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