Udupi: RTO caught taking bribe from owner of car gutted in air show

  • | Sunday | 17th March, 2019

Both were caught receiving bribe from Vignesh for clearing his car's road tax documents. UDUPI: Udupi Regional Transport Officer ( RTO RM Vernekar , 56, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly receiving bribe from a car owner on Saturday.Officials also ar rested Munaf, 35, security guard-cum-contractor of the office. As he used the car only for a month, he was eligible to get the road tax back. He was supposed to get Rs 65,000 as road tax. Vignesh refused to pay the bribe and brought the matter to the notice of ACB on March 15.

UDUPI: Udupi Regional Transport Officer ( RTO RM Vernekar , 56, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly receiving bribe from a car owner on Saturday.Officials also ar rested Munaf, 35, security guard-cum-contractor of the office. Both were caught receiving bribe from Vignesh for clearing his car's road tax documents. Vignesh works with an IT company and had purchased a second-hand car a month ago, which was gutted in a fire incident during Aero India in Bengaluru recently. As he used the car only for a month, he was eligible to get the road tax back. Hence he had applied for documents from the transport office.Vignesh had already received his car in surance amount of Rs 3 lakh and had applied for documents to submit it for refund. He was supposed to get Rs 65,000 as road tax. Vernekar and Munaf demanded 10% of the amount received. Vignesh refused to pay the bribe and brought the matter to the notice of ACB on March 15. On Saturday morning, a case was registered.

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