AHMEDABAD: Usually ‘fake cops’ are caught by police when they harass members of the public by robbing them or extorting money from them. Surprisingly, four fake Gram Rakshak Dal jawans attended work at Aslali police station in Ahmedabad district for around a month and nobody knew about it till their identity card numbers were found to be duplicates.
According to an FIR filed at Aslali police station, where these four persons worked, a cop suspected that the accused — Sunil Parmar, 27, Vishal Parmar, 22, Hardik Parmar, 24, and Mahesh Parmar — all residents of Vatva, had been working with fake identity cards.
An armed head constable of the GRD, Jalusinh Chauhan, went to Aslali police station and checked their details. It was then revealed that they were serving at the police station using fake identity cards.
“When their registered ID card numbers were put in our system, four other GRD cops were found to be registered with the same numbers. Police personnel questioned the four about their credentials and learned that they got the identity cards by paying Rs 15,000 to a man named Jashwant Makwana,” said an Aslali police cop.
He said that apart from Makwana, a resident of Vivekanandnagar, Manish Prajapati, 30, a resident of Sanand, Amit Raval, 25, who had earlier worked as GRD and Home Guard jawans, allegedly provided details of their identity cards and got printed them at a government press.
Another accused, Jitu Parmar, 22, a resident of Mahij village in Kheda district, helped the accused to pick a police station.
“The four had been ‘working’ for a long time, between 20 days and a month, and also got paid their daily wage of Rs 230. They were even used in bandobust atLambha temple during a fair,” said a cop.
GRD jawans are used as additional forces at police stations under a district headquarters. They are deployed at traffic points, during bandobust for social, religious and political gatherings and also at check posts.
