A government gypsy was demanded through fake letters for Tiger Safari in Ranthambore National Park. For this, a fake letter in the name of Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, was sent to the DFO. Sawai Madhopur police have arrested three accused in this case.
According to the police, the arrested accused include 30 -year -old Shrey Mehta from Ahmedabad, 30 -year -old Nirmal Inani from Ratangarh Neemuch and 23 -year -old Virendra Pratap Singh, 23, a resident of Sadi Pali. After the court appearance, Shrey Mehta and Nirmal Inani have been sent to judicial custody, while Virendra Pratap Singh has been kept on three days police remand.
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On March 31, a complaint was lodged by the Forest Department at the Kotwali police station demanding a government gypsy for safari in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. In the complaint, the forest officials said that they had found a letter head with the OSD sign of the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, demanding a government gypsy.
When the forest officials suspected the truth of this letter, they got it investigated, in which it was found to be fake. After this, the forest department immediately informed the police. While taking action, the police started questioning the accused Shrey Mehta by detaining a hotel.
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Police investigation revealed that Shrey Mehta runs a real diamond firm in Ahmedabad, with Nirmal and Virendra employees. Shrey Mehta came to visit Ranthambore on 29 March, but could not get Safari tickets. Then he asked his employees to arrange tickets in any way.
Nirmal Inani claimed that one of his friends knows the OSD Jagdish Joshi, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and can issue a letter in his name, but in reality Nirmal prepared a fake letter online and gave it to Virendra. After this, Virendra called Ranthambore tourism DFO in the name of Jagdish Joshi and made a letter WhatsApp.
This fraud was exposed by the vigilance of the forest department. The police arrested Shrey Mehta, Nirmal Inani and Virendra Pratap Singh and produced them in the court. The court sent Shrey and Nirmal to judicial custody, while Virendra has been kept on police remand.