The Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana police have arrested four persons including three employees working in the office of the regional transport authority (RTA) Meham, Rohtak and a commission agent working in the RTA for their alleged involvement in preparing fake registration certificates (RC) of stolen luxury vehicles.
Those arrested are Anil Kumar, registration certificate clerk Krishan Kumar and Sombir, who is a data entry operator in the RTA office and Praveen Kumar a commission agent.
The STF claimed to have recovered 14 SUVs and incriminating documents and other material from the four arrested so far. "This is a significant development. Praveen was facilitator while the other three would help him in registration and forging of documents. We are hopeful of more arrests. At the same time we are trying to ascertain if any senior official is also involved," said Satish Balan DIG, STF.
According to sources, there was a gang of vehicle lifters that would steal SUVs on demand. They would hand over the group of receivers from New Delhi, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The receivers would them approach their buyers, who in turn would get the RC prepared for further sale of the vehicle.
