Delhi: Man arrested for impersonating RTO officer

The Delhi Police have apprehended a 38-year-old man from UP’s Ghaziabad for impersonating a Regional Transport Office (RTO) officer and duping unsuspecting vehicle owners in an online challan scam.

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The accused, identified as Ashish Sharma, allegedly posed as an RTO officer and contacted victims, asking them to pay pending challans on their commercial vehicles, he said. “Using vehicle registration details, he threatened that their permits would be cancelled if fines were not paid immediately,” said the police official.

The complainant in the case was coerced into transferring Rs 12,500 online as challan fine. He filed a police complaint later when he realised about the fraud. The accused was traced through bank transactions and call records.