Patna DTO booked for forgery

Patna | Thursday | 14th June, 2018

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Patna: Patna district transport officer (DTO) Ajay Kumar Thakur has been booked for allegedly allowing transfer of an SUV owned by slain BJP state business cell chief Krishna Sahi to another person on forged documents showing the former alive.An FIR was lodged against Thakur by slain leader’s widow Shanta Sahi with Gandhi Maidan police station in Patna on Wednesday. “There was an affidavit dated May 21, 2018 carrying my slain husband’s forged signature about the transfer of SUV. Thakur said some employee might have done it after taking money and cancelled Subhas’s ownership and issued me an ownership certificate,” she said. Quoting the FIR, he said the SUV purchased from Patna on February 10, 2012 was transferred in Subhash’s name from Patna transport office allegedly on forged documents.Shanta told TOI over the phone that the insurance of SUV (BR-01PB-4906) had lapsed on March 31 this year. Shanta is the mukhiya of Chainpur panchayat and vice-president of mukhiya sangh in Gopalganj..