29 car owners get notice in RC scam

Tribune News Service

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Yamunanagar, February 4

Bilaspur SDM Virender Kumar Dhull has issued notices to 29 car owners, asking them to furnish documents that they had furnished at the time of applying for registration certificates (RCs).

It is suspected the car owners had submitted fake documents. Sources say several fake RCs were made after having tampered with engine and chassis numbers in the past few months.

“The RCs of 29 car owners are in question. These might be fake. After getting their documents, their authenticity will be verified,” said Dhull.

On the SDM’s complaint, a case was registered against an official in connection with the RC scam on February 1. He had formed a three-member team to verify the authenticity of the RCs.

The sources say incidents related to fake RCs are reported mostly in cases of loan default — when firms take away vehicles financed by them, or when a buyer fails to get the vehicle registered within the stipulated time period. Firm agents get fake RCs of such vehicles prepared to sell them further at cheaper rates, they added.

Last month, the RC scam had surfaced in Jagadhri as well. SDM Darshan Kumar had ordered a preliminary verification of documents after having received a letter from the CIA staff of the Sirsa police on January 16 seeking the registration details of some vehicles.

After the preliminary verification, the SDM got an FIR registered against four data entry operators on January 21 for allegedly making fake RCs of cars.

Told to furnish documents

• The car owners have been asked to furnish documents that they had furnished at the time of applying for registration certificates (RCs)
• It is suspected the car owners had submitted fake documents. Sources say several fake RCs were made after having tampered with engine and chassis numbers
• On the SDM’s complaint, a case was registered against an official in connection with the RC scam on February 1
• The sources say incidents related to fake RCs are reported mostly in cases of loan default – when firms take away vehicles financed by them