Special Investigation Team to probe ‘insurance scam’ in RTO

DEHRADUN: Doon SSP Arun Mohan Joshi has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the alleged insurance scam that surfaced at Regional Transport Office (RTO) last week. SP City Shweta Choubey confirmed the setting up of the SIT.

“Police has registered an FIR under sections 428, 467 and 468 of the IPC in the matter of an alleged insurance fraud that surfaced in RTO Dehradun on the complaint of a local. We will be further investigating the matter in due course of time,” Choubey told TOI. Meanwhile, after the formation of the SIT, RTO officials alleged that cops neglected their complaint regarding the case which was reported around two months ago but acted promptly when a local complained. RTO Dinesh Chandra Pathoi told TOI that the transport department had already informed the city police about the insurance fraud in December last year.

“We found out about the insurance fraud and reported it at the Hathibarkala police station. Had police acted promptly on our complaint, the culprits would have been behind bars today,” said Pathoi.

A police official told TOI that some RTO officials may be involved with the companies which issue fake insurances to the vehicle owners.

Source: The Times of India