2 brothers among three submitted fake dope test reports to procure arms licence

A week after the Ludhiana police booked three individuals for obtaining arms licences by submitting fake dope test reports, three more individuals have been booked by the police for resorting to the illegal practice. Among the three, two had already obtained the arms licences while the third person was caught during verification of the licence.

A case was registered on the complaint of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Licensing), Ludhiana.

Interestingly, among the booked persons, two are real brothers, identified as Sanjiv Malik and Munish Malik, residents of New Shimlapuri.

As per the police, Sanjiv had filed an application for addition in the arms licence and he attached a fake dope test report. Following which, he obtained the licence. During internal verification, the certificate was found to be fake while Munish had applied for a new licence and he had also provided a fake dope test report. However, he was yet to receive the licence.

The third suspect, Sachdev Singh Dhaliwal, a resident of Santokh Nagar, here, had also attached a fake dope test report and obtained the licence. Now, arms licences of these persons would be cancelled by the Police Commissionerate.

Notably, on August 22, the Ludhiana police had also booked three persons for submitting fake dope test reports to secure arms licences. One of them had already managed to obtain a licence using forged medical documents before the fraud came to the fore.

The suspects were identified as Hardik Khanna of Lajpat Nagar, Uday Pratap Singh Grewal of Guru Gobind Singh Nagar and Nishan Singh of Dashmesh Nagar. Separate cases were lodged against them under various sections of the BNS. In Grewal’s case, Section 30 of the Arms Act had already added as he successfully obtained a licence with a fake report.

Earlier also, similar cases were reported in Ludhiana.

On May 13, a case was registered against Lalit Kumar, a driver-cum-security guard from Sahnewal Kalan, and international shooter Gurnihal Singh Garcha of Model Town for using fake dope test reports. Garcha had also won medals at international championships.