Fake RC Racket Busted; 5 Arrested
Multi-state vehicle theft and fake document racket busted in Kurnool; five arrested, hundreds of forged documents seized
By : P.V. Prasad
Update: 2025-07-21 17:00 GMT
Kurnool: Police have arrested five accused in a vehicle-theft and fake document racket operating across multiple states. The arrests followed an investigation into a motorcycle theft reported on May 22, 2025, at the Kurnool Government Hospital.
City DSP J. Babu Prasad said a resident of Gudur village, Kurnool district, had reported that his Bajaj Pulsar bike was stolen from the hospital's parking area. A case (Cr.No. 195/2025 under Section 303(2) BNS) was registered at Kurnool III-Town Police Station on June 18.
On July 14, three persons — Shaik Baba Fakruddin, Shaik Shakir Basha, and Shaik Dada Peer — were arrested and 23 stolen motorcycles and one auto-rickshaw were recovered from them. During follow-up investigation, police identified two more suspects from Nandyal — Shaik Subhan and Shaik Shafir — who were absconding till then.
Special police teams apprehended these two suspects on July 21 at Nandyal Checkpost near Madhulok Bar and Restaurant. During questioning, the accused revealed their involvement in producing and supplying fake registration certificates (RCs), police NOCs, and ITI certificates.
According to police, Shaik Shafir had provided around 150 duplicate RCs and fake NOCs to an individual named Sudheer Babu. He also created approximately 500 fake ITI trade certificates for another person working at Dhone ITI College. Subhan had obtained nearly 50 duplicate RCs through Shafir.
The duo had been advertising PVC chip card services on Facebook and received data from RTO brokers across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, and Gujarat. After preparing fake RCs, they would dispatch them to clients via courier.
The DSP added that the investigation is going on to identify other people involved in the racket and to trace the extent of fake documentation circulated through their network.