The Tribune: Palwal: Sunday, July 08, 2018.
Four
policemen have been placed under suspension for their alleged involvement in
financial irregularities in issuing challans to traffic violators.
The fraud was
detected recently when Vikas Dang, a local resident, collected information
under the RTI Act regarding challans issued by the police in particular cases.
“I was shocked to find a mismatch in the challan amount mentioned on the
receipts handed over to motorists and the amount entered in the official
record,” he said, adding that the amount did not match in four out of five
receipts as these had been overwritten by the policemen.
Giving an
example, he said challan number 78 in the challan book number 1654 dated April
25, 2018, shows the amount of Rs 1,000 reduced manually by overwriting to Rs
100 at the time of submission of the amount details with the office concerned.
“The last digit of 0 in Rs 1,000 has smartly been changed to Rs by the official
concerned by overwriting,” he said.
On June 18,
the matter was raised with Superintendent of Police Wasim Akram who got a probe
conducted and found the allegations true, he said.
“Accused
policemen EHC Deendayal, EASI Ranbir, EASI Naval and EHC Mohammed Rashid have
been suspended and booked under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the
IPC,” said Akram. He said a departmental inquiry had also been ordered and the
accused would be arrested soon.
He said the
department would soon adopt the electronic method of issuing challan and take
measures to plug the loopholes in the present system.
Sources said
685 challans had been put under scanner and the total amount involved in the
fraud was nearly Rs 6.50 lakh. A majority of the irregularities reported in this
regard pertained to vehicles registered outside the district or the state.
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