2 held for forging govt documents

Two persons were arrested here on Sunday for allegedly preparing fake government documents of various officers and issuing to the people, officials said.

A police team intercepted a vehicle with bovines at the Sidhra bridge. They arrested Zahoor Ahmed and registered a case for bovine smuggling, the police said.

The accused produced a permission issued by the Jammu deputy commissioner regarding transportation of bovines. The permission was scrutinised and it turned out to be fake, the police said.

Based on Ahmed's disclosures, a person named Bipin Singh was immediately apprehended. Singh revealed that he used to make fake registration certificates, driving licenses, insurance certificates, route permits from a person named Vikram Seth, the police said.

Seth was also arrested and he confessed to making various type of fake government documents of officers, the police said