A 64-YEAR-OLD retired antheral from Ghatkopar was amazed erstwhile helium received messages from his slope stating his car had crossed toll nakas successful Nagpur, Nashik and Karnataka and wealth was deducted from his fastag account. All this portion his Baleno was precise overmuch parked successful his ain society.
It was aft contacting his slope and probing a spot that helium recovered that immoderate different idiosyncratic had been utilizing a conveyance connected which helium enactment up an amerciable conveyance registration fig that really belonged to his car. The elder national past approached the section constabulary wherever an FIR was registered.
On August 25 past year, the complainant received a connection from his slope that Rs 155 had been deducted from his fastag relationship astatine the Nagpur bypass toll plaza. Over the adjacent fewer months, determination were a full of 12 akin transactions from toll plazas ranging from Nashik, Arjunhalli successful Karnataka and Nagpur.
Eventually successful December, helium wrote to the slope complaining astir the issue. Even aft that till January 4 this twelvemonth determination were 3 much transactions made utilizing his fastag. Eventually, the slope wrote backmost to him saying they had footage of different conveyance that was utilizing the aforesaid registration fig utilizing the fastag astatine a toll plaza.
Realizing that idiosyncratic was illegally utilizing his vehicle’s registration fig to usage the fastag, helium approached the section Parksite constabulary presumption wherever an FIR was registered against the chartless conveyance operator connected charges of cheating and forgery.
An serviceman said that they person begun probe successful the substance and are trying to way the proprietor of the conveyance to spot him nether arrest.
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