India, March 6 -- A man, his wife and their son were booked for allegedly forging documents and signatures of the man's brotherto get a Rs.6.28 crore loan from various banking and non-banking financial institutions by showing him as a co-applicant, while he was in jail in 2018, police said on Thursday.

They said the fraud came to light in the last three months when the victim, Sushil Kumar, 54, a resident of Central Park-II in Sector-48, tried to get loans for his business. However, his applications were repeatedly rejected due to poor credit scores.

Kumar approached bank officials for help and learned that Rs.6.28 crore was already disbursed in the name of his brother and other family members. He then filed a complaint with the police....