ACB conducts surprise check at Rohini, Wazirpur RTOs; one held

One person, allegedly operating as tout near Rohini Transport Authority office, was today arrested by Anti Corruption Branch sleuths for demanding and accepting money from a women to get her a permanent driving license, officials said.
The tout identified as Heera Lal, a resident of Rohini, was arrested by ACB officials during surprise anti-corruption inspection drive.
The ACB officials conducted surprise checks at two motor licensing offices of Transport department at Rohini and Wazirpur today on the direction of Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
During the raid at Rohini office, ACB officials found that a woman was handing over some documents and cash to Lal.

When questioned she admitted that Lal had charged Rs 1,800 for getting her a permanent license and she had already made a payment of Rs 1,000 at the time of getting her learning license in November last year, an official statement said.
Today, she had come to pay the balance amount of Rs 800 to get a permanent driving licence.

A formal complaint was lodged and all documents were handed over to the ACB and the person was arrested, it said.
During the surprise raid at the Transport Authority office at Wazirpur, the team went with a decoy customer along with blank forms and an amount of Rs 2,500 for obtaining driving license.

They enquired from various people if there was any one in and around office who can help him in obtaining a driving license, but no one was found, it said.