Jorethang police foil fake COI case

GANGTOK, 03 Jan: The Jorethang police has registered a criminal case against one Sona Lepcha of Denchong basti, South Sikkim and his 4 sons for having obtained their Certificates of Identification through fraudulent means.
Acting upon a complaint lodged with the SP [South], the Jorethang police began a suo moto investigation on the report that Phurden Lepcha, son of Sona Lepcha had made his Certificate of Identification by way of cheating.
An investigation by the police later found that Sona Lepcha and his four sons had obtained their domicile documents fraudulently through the Sikkim Subject Certificate of one Tshering Wangdi Lepcha by having named the latter as the older brother of Sona Lepcha. It was later revealed that Tshering Wangdi Lepcha is actually the husband of Sona’s sister. The accused are in the process of being arrested.