New Delhi: A group of travel agents have used forged letterheads of Union ministers S Jaipal Reddy, Anand Sharma and KC Venugopal to get confirmed wait-listed rail tickets, police said on Sunday.
A case of cheating and forgery has been registered by Delhi Police on a complaint filed by the Vigilance wing of Northern Railways after it got a tip-off from its Divisional Commercial Manager in Lucknow.
A senior police official said the Northern Railways brought to their notice seven cases, out of which five were found to be fake.
Of the seven cases, the official said three letters in the names of ministers Reddy, Sharma and Venugopal and two on BSP MP Ambeth Rajan's name were found forged. The letters of MPs Ramakant Yadav and Jagdanand were found to be original.
An investigation by the Railways' Vigilance Branch found that Reddy never signs such letters himself and only his Private Secretary or Additional Private Secretary do so.
02/06/13 Daily News & Analysis
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A case of cheating and forgery has been registered by Delhi Police on a complaint filed by the Vigilance wing of Northern Railways after it got a tip-off from its Divisional Commercial Manager in Lucknow.
A senior police official said the Northern Railways brought to their notice seven cases, out of which five were found to be fake.
Of the seven cases, the official said three letters in the names of ministers Reddy, Sharma and Venugopal and two on BSP MP Ambeth Rajan's name were found forged. The letters of MPs Ramakant Yadav and Jagdanand were found to be original.
An investigation by the Railways' Vigilance Branch found that Reddy never signs such letters himself and only his Private Secretary or Additional Private Secretary do so.
02/06/13 Daily News & Analysis
