Fake transfer letter perplexes UT police

CHANDIGARH: Only two days after his transfer to Chandigarh, newly-appointed director general of the labour bureau, Daljeet Singh, was issued a suspension letter from the ministry of finance in New Delhi. Though this letter was typed on the ministry's letterhead with signatures and stamps of officials concerned, it later turned out to be fake.
After a probe for over a month, the Chandigarh police registered a case under various sections of IPC against unknown persons on Friday.Police suspect some industrialists from the region to be involved in the incident. "An FIR has been registered against unknown miscreants. We are also taking the help of postal department to probe the address of a Delhi-based sender. We are also taking the help of experts to scrutinize the paper texture and writing on the fake suspension letter to get some clues about the accused," said Dilsher Chandel, SHO of Sector-17 police station.
"We have found that similar cases were reported in other parts of the country in the past few years. So we are checking the status of those cases to ascertain whether they have any links with this case," stated Chandel. Daljeet, who is an Indian Economics Service (IES) officer, said somebody could have played a prank on him. His predecessor D S Kolamkar had filed a police complaint in this regard.
"Somebody has played a prank on me. I do not know the origin of the letter and want the police to solve this case to avoid such confusion in future," said Daljeet.
Sequence of events
June 5: Daljeet Singh received his transfer letter to Chandigarh as the director general of labour bureau
June 7: Chandigarh office of labour department, in Sector 17, received suspension letter of Daljeet Singh
June 10: Labour department approached the Chandigarh police
June 18: Daljeet joined the office in Chandigarh
July 26: FIR was registered against unknown persons
'Government stamps available for Rs 50-100'
Police admitted that stamps of any government department, police and even Prime Minister's Office (PMO) could be made on order at various places in Chandigarh for Rs 50-100. There is no check on their functioning and now police are planning to conduct raids at the premises of such stamp makers.