Puttur, July 12, 2023: Puttur Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer has detected a racket of creating fake government records and has recovered fake documents as well as seals. The illegal racket was traced at an electricals and plumbing centre belonging to Vishwanath at Padil in Puttur.
Vishwanath is a licensed contractor who used to do MESCOM contract works. Seals of Puttur TMC, Kadaba Gram Panchayat, seals of various gram panchayats of Puttur and Bantwal were seized.
It is suspected that those involved in this racket use to forge signatures and then use the fake seals. The raid was conducted by TP Executive Officer Naveen Bhandary following complaints from public.