Police on Thursday arrested two employees of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Chandikhole under the Barchana police station in Jajpur district on the charges of illegally issuing new registration numbers to 11 old oil tankers without verifying any documents and inspecting the tankers.
The arrested employees are Ashok Sinha, a junior Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) and Braja Kishor Mishra, a clerk of the RTO office at Chandikhole, said Jajpur Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Sahoo.
“During investigation, we seized 11 old oil tankers with new numbers and arrested two employees of the RTO office. The arrested persons were booked under Sections 420 (cheating) 471 (using as genuine a forged document), 466, (forgery of court record or public register) and Ssection 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) of IPC, added the SP.