Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The Subramanyapura police have booked a city based businessman for forging the number plate of a car to hoodwink the traffic police by involved in repeated violations.
The scam came to light when the accused had even misused the fast tag while crossing a toll gate and the amount deducted from the genuine car owner .
Worried about the repeated notices and toll fee,the genuine car owner,Dr. Lakshmipataiah HK,65,from Chikkalasandra approached the traffic police and filed a complaint.
Based on the complaint,the police assigned,Police Constable,Manjunath from KS Layout traffic police station to probe the matter.
Mr.Manjunath checked the electronic toll gate CCTV footage to seek more clues but in vain.
He later with the help of Crime and Criminal tracking network and System track down the vehicle and its address to Swaminathan Kalimuthu,55,from Chikkamavalli who had white colored car with same make with the number plate belonging to Dr. Lakshmipathaiah.
Swaminathan owned a tyre shop,Manjunath visited the address and seized the vehicle while summoned Swaminathan but he managed to escape.
He not only cheated the genuine owner but also used the car registration number to avail the fast tag,the police said.
The accused however managed to obtain conditional bail to appear before the police whenever they summon him for investigations.
Fake registration numbers in the city is matter of grave concern for the traffic police and many vehicle owners complaining that their registration number plates are being misused by others.
While the police are generating automatic traffic violation notices to the genuine owners.
