Updated On: 04 March, 2024 06:17 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The Mumbai police has booked a lawyer for allegedly forging documents to appear as a public prosecutor before the Bombay High Court and other courts in the city in multiple cases against a builder

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The Mumbai police has booked a lawyer for allegedly forging documents to appear as a public prosecutor before the Bombay High Court and other courts in the city in multiple cases against a builder, an official said on Monday.
Based on a complaint lodged by builder Sanjay Punamiya, newswire PTI reported, the police on Sunday registered a case under sections 420 (cheating) and 465 (forgery) and other relevant provisions of the IPC against lawyer Shekhar Jagtap, builder Shyamsunder Agrawal, Sharad Agrawal and Kishore Bhalerao, deputy secretary of the state home department, and others, the official said.