11 including transport inspector held for illegally collecting money from truck drivers in Rajasthan

A sudden operation by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday morning saw a total of 11 people, including a Transport Inspector, being detained at a checkpoint on National Highway 48 near Rajasthan's Shahjahanpur.

Behror:Eleven people, including a transport inspector, were arrested after around Rs 12 lakh, collected illegally from truck drivers, was recovered during a raid at the Shahjahanpur tax collection center of the Alwar Transport department, an ACB spokesperson said on Sunday. The sudden operation by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) at a checkpoint on National Highway 48 near Rajasthan was able to bust illegal collection by officials.

Speaking about the incident, ASP (Additional Superintendent of Police) of ACB Kota, Thakur Chandrasheel Kumar, said inputs regarding police personnel taking bribes from drivers passing through the stretch had been received. "When a sudden raid was conducted based on this, an amount of more than Rs 3 lakh of extortion money was caught from the personnel," Kumar said. The ASP explained that the initial scoop of Rs 206,000 was followed by a thorough search of the RTO (Regional Transport Office) Inspector, contractual personnel, and others being conducted at the spot, which revealed a further Rs 84,000.

Meanwhile, a separate combing at Gajendra Singh's house in Chaubara village has revealed a significant amount of Rs 8.85 lakhs. Chauhan, it is learned, used to collect extortion money on behalf of the personnel posted at the check post.

Another ASP Vijay Singh from Behror said the amount legally collected on Saturday at the check post was merely Rs 37,000. "Whereas, illegally they collected lakhs of rupees in one night. Now, the records are being searched, as well as the houses of all the people present on the spot have also been raided to see what property they have acquired," Singh noted. The 11 accused presently are being questioned by ACB officials.