THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two more JRTOs suspended for renewing expired licenses without conducting a driving test. Tirur Sub Regional Office Joint RTO SA Shankara Pillai and Kondotty Sub Regional Transport Office Joint RTO MA Anwar have been suspended by the Transport Secretary. The transport commissioner's squad found that 1370 driving licenses were renewed without verification at the Tirur office from March to October 15. When the officials contacted the license holders on the phone, they received information that they had not driven the vehicle for license renewal. They renewed the license with the help of middlemen.

Irregularities were found in the renewal of 424 licenses from January to August at the Kondotty office. Some of these licenses were not supposed to be renewed at the Kondotty office at all. Strict action was taken after both were found to have failed as officers in charge of the office. Four assistant vehicle inspectors were suspended for the same irregularity in the past few days. Irregularities were found earlier in Punalur, Guruvayur, Koduvally and Tirurangadi. The condition is that if one wants to renew his/her driving license one year after its expiration date, they have to attend the driving test in a vehicle. Some officials take money from the middlemen and avoid this.