Veggie seller helps secure bail of 100 criminals
BERHAMPUR: Baidyanathpur police on Tuesday arrested six members of a gang, including a vegetable vendor, for their alleged involvement in fraudulently securing bails of several criminals by producing fake documents.
The 48-year-old vegetable vendor Sudhir Jena was the kingpin of the racket. Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M said the fraud unfolded when a resident of Aska, Sarojini Behera (75), filed a complaint on December 21 and alleged that Sudhir impersonating as her husband Ladu Kishore Behera who died in 2021, had been securing bail of several criminals by producing fake Aadhaar and land documents.
In her complaint, Sarojini alleged the practice had been going on for several years without her knowledge but came to light after a court summon against her husband reached her around two weeks back. Subsequently, the elderly woman reached the court and informed that her husband had passed away three years back. During investigation, police came to know that Sudhir who runs his outlet near the court premises had been securing bails of several litigants by producing forged documents of Ladu.
