VIGILANCE ARRESTS ABSCONDING AGENT ACCUSED IN VEHICLE FITNESS CERTIFICATES SCAM
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested another absconding accused agent Gaurav Arora, resident of Central City, Jalandhar who colluded with Motor Automobile Inspector (MVI), Jalandhar Naresh Kaler within the car health certificates rip-off. The VB has confiscated his cell phone and SIM card which might be despatched to knowledge specialists to assemble extra details about this rip-off.
Disclosing this right here right this moment, a spokesperson of the VB mentioned the Bureau had performed a shock test within the workplace of MVI, Jalandhar and uncovered an organized corruption rip-off in August 2022 for issuing/receiving health certificates with out conducting inspections of business and personal autos on a big scale in connivance with personal brokers.
Giving particulars he additional added that the VB on the premise of enough proof registered a case FIR No 14 dated 23-08-2022 below sections 7, 7A of prevention of corruption act and 420, 120-B of IPC at VB police station Jalandhar. On this case whole 13 accused had already been arrested and within the jail which incorporates Naresh Kaler, Rampal alias Radhe, Mohan Lal alias Kalu, Paramjit Singh Bedi, Surjit Singh, Harvinder Singh, Pankaj Dhingra @ Bholu, Brijpal Singh @ Ricky, Arvind Kumar @ Bindu, Varinder Singh @ Deepu, Sapna, Loveleen Singh Lavi and Rajesh Sahota (All personal brokers). Additional investigation of this case was below progress and the remaining absconding accused could be arrested quickly, he added.