Chennai: The Chennai city police had busted a fake document racket run by a gang of three women and seized large number of fake government documents including bail bonds, ration cards, land documents during a probe ordered by the court way back in 2013.

The arrested women were identified as E Tappithal, 58 of ICF, S Latha, 36 from Jafferkhanpet and T Suseela, 43 of Vandalur. The police stumbled up on the gang while probing the origin of fake documents submitted in a court in Saidapet to fulfill bail conditions in 2013.

Tappithal has been working as bail agent in courts for the last 30 years and was in touch with people who make fake documents. Latha was specialising in arranging fake bail bond papers and people while Suseela readied fake government documents.

The gang had told the police that they had arranged such fake papers to numerous people dealing their cases in various courts in the city.