Indore: A gang of six people, all agents at Regional Transport Office (RTO) were arrested for allegedly making and selling fake mark sheets to heavy vehicle driving licence applicants in Tejaji Nagar area on Thursday.
According to police, a tip off was received from RTO that some applicants have used fake school mark sheets while applying for heavy vehicle driving licence. During investigation, police found that six RTO agents were providing fake class VIII Madhya Pradesh Board mark sheet to applicants who did not have them.
On suspicion, police arrested Arpit Agrawal (29), Vikas Gaud (28), Premsagar Sharma (31), Nazir (38), Raees Khan (26) and Bhola Alias Manoj Rajole (46). Police seized 100 mark sheets, some were blank while others were completed with names of applicants. Police also seized seals of around 10 schools from the accused.
The accused confessed making fake mark sheets for applicants since past three years. The police suspects that more people may be involved in this scam and are further interrogating the accused.
What is heavy vehicle driving licence?
The licence required for driving heavy vehicles like trucks, busses and tankers come under category of heavy vehicle driving licence. The applicant should have a VIII standard mark sheet. The applicant should be above the age of 18 (In some states, the minimum age for this vehicle type is 20 years). The class VIII mark sheet acts as a parameter to identify age and also make sure that the driver is educated enough to understand the road signs and signals while driving.
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The agents demanded Rs 8000 and sometimes even more to provide heavy vehicle driving licence from the applicants who did not have a class VIII mark sheet. The accused then made the fake mark sheets and took out a photo copy of the fake mark sheet. During submission of application form the accused submitted the photo copy and showed the fake mark sheet to RTO officials.
The accused confessed that they kept the fake mark sheets with themselves and reused it by changing the names. In a bid to reuse, these agents may have repeated some vital information which may led to huge doubts in the authorities’ minds which further catapulted a probe.
How the mark sheets were made?
The accused confessed that Bhola and Raees worked at a private school in Simrol area following which they made various contacts. The accused then either arranged seals or made them to make fake mark sheets. The ready mark sheets were then provided to other agents while applying for the licence.
