RAJOURI, May 08:
Two persons, including a peon in the office of Poonch deputy commissioner, were today arrested by police for allegedly running a fake permanent resident certificate (PRC) racket.
Five fake PRCs were recovered from them, according to police sources.
The peon allegedly charged Rs 3,000-5,000 per fake PRC. However, the whole money was not "gobbled up" by him, he shared it with some clerks and senior officials, who were alleged to be part of the racket, the sources added.
Sources said a tip-off had led cops to the recovery of five PRCs from Mohammad Shabir of Poonch. During his interrogation, when police came to know about the involvement of DC office peon Mohammad Jamil in the racket, he too was arrested.
The duo confessed to have made dozens of fake PRCs in Poonch district for the past few years, the sources added. When contacted, SSP, Poonch, Manmohan Singh said they had picked up
two persons in this connection and their interrogation was on.A case had been registered against them under sections 420, 461 and 468 of RPC.
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