Saturday, May 18, 2013

Forged gate pass used to cart away construction material from work site

GANGTOK, 17 May: A case of theft and forgery was registered at the Sadar Police Station yesterday when, what must have been a truckload of construction material, was carted away from a worksite in the New Cantonment area here on the basis of a forged gate pass.
As per police records, on the night of 14 May, 120 pieces of steel plates, 71 pieces of Ply [8mm x 4mm], 3,312 kg of 8 mm reinforcement bar, 1,137 kg 10 mm reinforcement bar, 3,192 kg 16 mm reinforcement bar and 2,505 kg 25 mm reinforcement bar were stolen from the site showing an allegedly forged gate pass.
Police investigation has revealed that the Manager at the site, who had issued the gate pass for the vehicles [WB-73C-4142 and SK-01D-0620], on the grounds that the material be ferried from the MP Golai site to Bardang, also went missing on 15 May. The cops are on the lookout for the manager.
A case under section 379/ 468/ 471 [punishment for theft, forgery for purpose of cheating and using as genuine a forged document] of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Sadar Police Station and the case is under investigation.

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