Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)
Kasargod, Mar 15: In connection with a case in which loans amounting to over Rs 3.5 crore were raised from different banks by offering fake land documents as security, the policemen here have succeeded in arresting a resident of Uppal near here, who happens to be the main accused.
The arrested person is Saidu Gulzar Ahmed (58) from Majal, Uppala. Ahmed, with the help of some accomplices, had cheated banks though the above method in the year 2009.
Ahmed used to somehow create fake documents relating to landed properties, and make the bank officials believe that they are original papers. These documents were then pledged to the bank and loan was raised.
After the fraud came to light, the police had succeeded in arresting three persons who had been instrumental in playing this trick on banks along with Gulzar Ahmed.
Ahmed, who had been hiding in Mumbai, had come to his native place on Saturday morning. The police,who got advance information about his arrival, waited for him at Mangaluru railway station, and arrested him as soon as he alighted from the train.
The gang led by Ahmed had succeeded in convincing Manjeshwar branch of Canara Bank and Kasargod branches of Bank of Baroda and Karnataka Bank here to lend loans totalling about three and half crore rupees. The documents in question were created in different names.
The investigation had been taken up by Central Bureau of Investigation some months back. It is said that the arrested accused was working as driver in Mumbai.