Chandigarh: After 8 yrs, four acquitted of charges in fake driving licence scam case

Chandigarh | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

Summary:

A district court in Chandigarh Friday acquitted four persons of charges registered in of the four FIRs by Vigilance Department under Chandigarh Administration in 2011, in connection with fake driving licence case. The vigilance department booked the four accused in September 2011, following a complaint from a beneficiary of fake driving licence. Two among the four accused in case, Munish and Lalit, have also been acquitted of charges in another two FIRs registered in 2011 by the vigilance department in connection with the scam. Another accused in the case, Karanraj Giri, was declared a Proclaimed Offender (PO) in the case by the court. The vigilance learned that the accused, Dhar and Lalit Kumar, used fake stamps for obtaining fake driving licences in lieu of money..