olice on Thursday busted a fake Regional Transport Office (RTO) and arrested two imposters, who set up the office near Laxmannath toll plaza at Jaleswar in Baleswar district.
The arrested were identified as Tushar Parida of Jaleswar and Sambhu Sahu of Jharkhand.
Baleswar SP Sagarika Nath said that the accused posing as RTO and MVI officials were issuing challans using forged stamps and documents pertaining to Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha to vehicle owners.
“The accused used to provide documents to vehicles passing through the toll plaza. We have recovered 11 fake stamps, receipts of various check-posts and integrated check-posts carrying names of Telangana and West Bengal Governments,” said Nath.
According to Nath, police had got intelligence inputs regarding such illegal activities last month and subsequently, a trap was laid to nab the miscreants.
“The involvement of more persons is suspected behind this and efforts are on to nab them. Today, two accused were arrested after they could not produce any valid documents, particularly Identity Cards,” the SP added.
