The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against the officials of the ARTO office in Anantnag for allowing touts and agents for preparing driving licences and other documents in lieu of a bribe.
On Monday, a Joint Surprise Check was conducted by ACB, to look into allegations that many touts and agents are operating in ARTO Office Anantnag in league with the Officials of ARTO Office for preparation of registration and fitness certificates for heavy commercial vehicles, issuing driving licenses etc. in lieu of bribe.
In a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, the ACB stated that during the surprise check conducted on the driving trial test day it was found that most of the application forms for issuance of driving licenses were having pencil written codes found to be abbreviations of names of some touts/agents operating in league with the Board members of ARTO Office Anantnag, who actively influence the working of ARTO Office Anantnag.
Moreover, some applicants who appeared for the driving test revealed that they had paid bribes for the issuance of driving licenses through agents/touts for Board members of ARTO Office Anantnag.
The press statement further read that it was found that the Officer/Officials of ARTO Office Anantnag, for their ulterior motives were conducting both driving test trials and fitness tests of vehicles in a hasty manner just to accommodate the applicants recommend by touts/agents.
In addition, social, networking chats have been found amongst the touts and ARTO Officials wherein candidate application numbers along with the name of touts have been forwarded to the officials for issuance of certificate/licenses.
Accordingly, Case FIR no. 4/2021 was registered in ACB Police Station Anantnag against the Officers/officials of ARTO Office Anantnag and the touts/ agents.
The ACB During the investigation, conducted raids or searches at the houses and shops of eight persons including the ARTO Shabir Ahmad in Qazigund, Motor Vehicle Inspectors, Shahid Mehboob at D.K. Marg Kulgam, Manzoor Ahmad at Bemina Srinagar. Asif Amin at Sanat Nagar, Srinagar.
The ACB also raided the shops or the residential houses of touts/ agents mnamely Khalid Hakim at Qazibagh Anantnag, Mubarak Bhat at Laisoo Gudder Kulgam, Zahoor Ahmad at Sarnal Anantnag, Aijaz Wagey at Khanbal Anantnag, Nadeem Ahmad @ Nadeem Computers near DC office Anantnag, Farooq Mir- Nazrana Photostat near DC office Anantnag.
During searches, various incriminating documents were seized.
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