Ghaziabad (UP), Aug 12 (PTI) The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday busted a gang that defrauded banks to get loans by creating fake companies in connivance with builders and arrested six people, including a woman.

The six accused have been arrested from different areas of the city, police said.

Also Read | Palghar: Church Vandalised by Some Unidentified Persons in Barampur Area of Vasai, Case Registered.

STF's Gautam Budh Nagar unit's Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajkumar Mishra said the accused have been identified as Harikishan, Vishnu, Surya and Sanjeev, Rishabh Choubey and his mother Preeti Choubey.

All of them are natives of Vasundhara and Indirapuram Colony, police said.

Also Read | Priyanka Gandhi Is Qualified, Deserves to Be in Parliament, Says Robert Vadra.

According to police, the accused cheated banks by forging documents to get loans.

The ASP said the STF has lodged an FIR under the IPC sections for fraud and falsification of documents against the accused at Kavi Nagar police station.

All the accused were sent to judicial custody while police are investigating the matter.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)