2 jail inmates run fake ‘Government of India’ website, booked

Tribune News Service

Patiala, July 14

The police have booked two accused, facing trial in the infamous high-security Nabha jailbreak, for allegedly running a fake Government of India website from the high-security prison during May and June.

The two inmates — Aman, alias Arman, of Kurukshetra and Sunil Kalra of Ludhiana — have several cases of fraud registered against them. Aman is an under trial, whereas Sunil is serving life term in a murder case.

Both had hatched a conspiracy from inside the jail to cheat people by creating a fake website — ‘sdrfindia.org’ — claiming to be under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs. “The two wanted to cheat people by offering to recruit them as officers and volunteers in the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF),” says the FIR registered against them.

The police said while the two were arrested, their third associate was evading arrest. “They wanted to charge money from the youth against recruitment made through the website. How they got a mobile phone and managed to create a website from inside the jail is being investigated. A Hoshiarpur-based woman had helped them with the website, but she was told that they were officers with the Central Government,” said the police.

“Both of them had lured the woman from inside the jail to create the website, for which she got help from her brother, a professional website creator. Himanshu Makkar, Sunil’s nephew, is evading the arrest for paying the duo for their services,” said the police.