21-07-2025
Four arrested, fake RCs seized
The Kurnool police arrested four persons who were preparing fake vehicle Registration Certificates (RCs) of different States and also recovered counterfeit currency.
Kurnool Deputy Superintendent of Police J. Babu Prasad said that they have arrested three automobile offenders and seized 23 stolen motorcycles and an auto from the accused on July 14, this year.
Following investigation, the police arrested Shaik Subhan, Shaik Shapeer Basha and D. Sudhir Babu of Nandyal town and P. Surappa of Kurnool. The DSP said Shapeer Basha had prepared more than 150 duplicate RCs and No Objection Certificates of police department and handed them over to Sudhir Babu.
Similarly, he had posted on Facebook account of Shaik Subhan about preparing documents at a cheaper rate and got in touch with RTO brokers across Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Odisha and other States and prepared fake RCs as per their requirement and sent them through courier or post.
Police seized 220 duplicate RCs, ₹12,500 counterfeit currency and other material used for preparing fake documents from them.