Rs42-lakh scam hits Bargarh RTO

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The State Road and Transport Department’s team comprising Manoranjan Mohanty and Prafulla Kar, led by Deputy Commissioner Chittaranjan Raya, has given its inquiry report to the State Government on cyber fraud at Bargarh RTO office here.

The report said that five persons, Prasanna Das, MVI, Kanhucharan Sathpathy, clerk, Smart Chipper, an outsourcing company’s programme officer Josabanta Panda, Subrat Maharana and Sanjeeb Behera were involved in a scam worth Rs41.58 lakh.

The accused have been absconding and hence, nobody has been arrested, police said.

According to the sources, the outsourcing firm had been employed for collection of toll for last five years in the RTO office and it managed to earn lakhs of rupees by illegally using computer account password. locals have demanded a raid at the RTO office by the Vigilance department.

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