HANUMAKONDA: Police on Tuesday arrested a 10-member gang posing as road transport office officials.
The gang was involved in issuing fake registrations and insurance certificates in Warangal. Police seized around Rs 4.5 lakh cash, three laptops, two computers, four printers, five two-wheelers along with 433 licenses, stamps and fake insurance documents.
The arrested were identified as Md Safi, SD Jahangir, P Rajesh, V Nikhil, M Raju, BN Shiva Kumar, A Rajesh, G Srikanth, K Raju Kumar and B Suman. Speaking to reporters, Warangal police commissioner Dr Tarun Joshi said the accused working as RTO agents got used to earning easy money and started issuing bogus registrations, insurance and driving licenses. The accused also created several apps and even started issuing insurance renewals .
“Most vehicle owners confidently took services from these fake agents. The gang members would simply change the QR codes and scan the numbers printed on their fake certificates. They were using certificates of private insurance companies and collecting huge amounts for the vehicles,” the CP informed.
In a recent check, one vehicle owner found out that his insurance renewal certificate was fake. He then lodged a complained following which task force DCP Vaibhav Raghunath Gaikwad and his team started an investigation and traced the gang. “Around Rs 90 lakh had been collected through 10,000 vehicles,” the CP said.
