
Ambikapur. Surguja Police: Inspector General of Police Surguja Range Mr. Ajay Yadav took a review meeting of all the officers/employees in charge of police in the Conference Hall of the Defense Center on May 25, 2022.
During the meeting, he announced a cash reward of Rs 30,000 to the entire team including SHO Manendragarh and SHO Patna for their success in check cloning case. This action against the thug gang is being considered as a big success of the Surguja Police.
What is the matter of check cloning
On April 13, 2022, Joint Collector of Korea District, Arun Kumar Sidar, appeared in Baikunthpur City Kotwali and lodged an FIR, in which he told that the Collector’s office has received 21 checks from Nazarat branch of Korea on 13 April 2022 and 22 April 2022. By cloning and clearing checks of different amounts through Mumbai’s bank branch and other core banking branches, the accused had received a payment of Rs one crore 31 lakh. On the instructions of IG Sarguja, this matter.

A quick investigation was started. For this, separate teams were formed and the investigation of the matter was started. Three teams were sent to Delhi, Mumbai and Patna. Here after investigation and deliberation, the members of the fake check clone gang were exposed. The members of the team involved in the investigation carried out this action with full accountability and enthusiasm and while recovering the amount of more than 1.25 crores that had been withdrawn from the cloned checks of the government offices.
All the accused were arrested. IG Surguja Shri Ajay Kumar Yadav highly appreciated the entire team for carrying out this action and rewarded them with a cash reward of Rs 30,000. This prize money will be distributed among the team members. In the entire action of this case, the station in-charge Manendragarh sub-inspector Sachin Singh, station in-charge discussion sub-inspector Anil Kumar Sahu, station in-charge Baikunthpur inspector Ashwini Singh, station in-charge Patna sub-inspector Saurabh Dwivedi and cyber cell.
The entire team played an important role. This step taken by the senior officer to encourage the team has also inspired the officers and employees of the department to do better work.
IG Sarguja had a detailed discussion with each police station in-charge seriously on many subjects like pending crime, investigation, challan, minor act, arms act, marg. In this meeting of Inspector General of Police, Surguja, he praised the campaign “Nijat”, “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara” being run by Korea Police.
Congratulations to SP Korea Prafulla Kumar Thakur. Giving necessary directions to the in-charge of the police station, IG Sarguja said that no person should return from the police station disappointed, behave decently and cordially with everyone.
Keep special attention at the level of investigation – IG Sarguja
In this crime review meeting of Korea district, IGP Surguja Shri Ajay Yadav directed all the police station in-charges and said that special attention should be paid to your subordinate and your investigation and conviction. Make every effort to raise the level by making necessary improvements at the level of discussion. Also directed to fast track challan in cases.
The meeting also took stock of the necessary arrangements for the newly formed district Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur. In which Superintendent of Police Korea Prafulla Kumar Thakur and OSD Police Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Tilak Ram Koshima told that a committee has been constituted for this and furniture, force and necessary action is being taken. Also, applications have already been called for the newly formed district from police officers/employees.