CHERUTHVATHUR: A person driving vehicle with a fake license and the owner of a driving school who helped him produce the fake license were arrested and questioned. Usman, Basheer Mansil in Thrikaripur, was arrested by the Chandera police along with Sreejith, the proprietor of S&S Driving School, who had conspired to produce a fake license for him. The police registered a case against both of them and intensified the investigation.

Kasaragod Enforcement AMVs CV Jijo Vijay, PV Vijesh, driver Manoj Kumar and Chandera SI Pradeep Kumar were jointly inspecting the vehicle in Thrikaripur area when they noticed that Basheer was driving the vehicle without a driving license. When asked to produce the license, he said that he did not have it and assured that he would send the license via WhatsApp once he reached home. But after looking at the license number that was sent, it was found to be a license in the name of a native of Thiruvananthapuram.

When he was interrogated, it was found that the accused obtained the license with the connivance of the owner of S&S Driving School under Kanhangad Sub-RTO. The police and the motor vehicle department have widened the investigation on the suspicion that the owner of the driving school has produced fake licenses to many others. AC Sheeba, who is in charge of Kasaragod Enforcement RTO, said that strict legal action will be taken against those who make fake licenses and those who use them.