Days after unearthing a scam regarding the issuance of vehicle fitness certificate in the Sangrur Regional Transport Authority (RTA) office, Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday nabbed Jalandhar’s Motor Vehicles Inspector (MVI) Naresh Kaler and two private agents — Rampal alias Radhe and Mohal Lal. In addition, the Bureau has recovered a bribe amount of Rs 12.50 lakh besides documents pertaining to suspicious issuance of fitness certificates to vehicles. The State Vigilance Bureau (VB) spokesperson informed that on the basis of complaints regarding irregularities and corruption in some Regional Transport Authority (RTA) offices, the Bureau on Tuesday (August 23), has conducted surprise checking at MVI offices at seven locations in the State — Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Mansa, Jalandhar, and Hoshiarpur. “During the searches, the VB teams have confiscated records pertaining to suspicious issuance of fitness certificates to vehicles have been collected from MVI and respective RTA offices,” said the spokesperson.