Vigilance raid in Vadakara RTO office; Rs 20000 seized

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Vigilance has seized Rs 20,000 from Vadakara Joint RTO office while the money was being handed over to an officer by agents. The raid was held on a tip off that the officers were receiving bribe from agents, who collected Rs 100 bribe for each driving license and Rs 300 for each vehicle registration.

The raid was conducted on Thursday 4 pm by DySP Shaji Varghese as per the instruction of Kozhikode Vigilance Special Supt Sasidharan.Agents Manoj, Chandran and Surya Narayanan were caught from the cabin of Joint RTO Suresh.

Vigilance director Anil Kanth informed that a detailed report on raid will be sent to the government for further action.