Gurugram: Gang providing fake toll tax, parking receipts busted, 1 held

A gang providing fake toll tax and parking receipts to cab drivers has been busted by authorities in India. One member of the gang has been arrested.

Updated on: Feb 9, 2024, 06:16:15 IST

By Leena Dhankhar

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A joint raid by a team comprising the chief minister’s flying squad and Road Transport Authority (RTA) officials busted a gang that allegedly provided fake toll tax and parking receipts of commercial vehicles at arbitrary prices to cab drivers. One of the members of the gang was arrested on Thursday, police said.

The men were operating from an EWS apartment in Sector 41, according to the police.

During the raid, two computer CPUs, three printers used to print fake airport parking slips, and 20 printing rolls were recovered from the apartment.

Deputy superintendent of police, Inderjeet Yadav, said they had received a tip-off that an office was being run illegally in a flat in sector 41 where fake parking and toll receipts for commercial vehicles were provided illegally to the cab drivers. “We alerted the RTA officials and a joint team was formed to conduct a raid along with local police personnel. When the team reached the spot, they found a man taking printouts of fake receipts,” Yadav said.

The man arrested during the raid was identified as Ravi Kumar, a resident of Ganj village in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur.

During interrogation, Kumar revealed that he worked for Santosh Yadav who was the kingpin of the gang and had hired him to print and sell the receipts. “They used to sell vehicle tax receipts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, parking receipts of malls, airports, railway stations etc. They also printed toll slips for toll plazas across the country and petrol pump receipts priced between ₹50 and ₹100. On the spot, tax receipts of many vehicles of Government of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh were found which had been edited by the men,” Yadav said.

According to the police, the men used to take money in cash and through digital payment from taxi drivers for fake tax and parking slips.

Yadav said that the men had been selling the fake receipts for nearly one year and had taken the apartment on rent in December 2022 for ₹10,000 per month.

A case under sections 467 (forgery), 468 (forging document), 471 (using forged document), 420 (cheating),406 (criminal breach of trust), and 120 B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at Sector 40 police station, police said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leena Dhankhar
Leena Dhankhar is Senior Editor and Bureau Chief, Gurugram, at Hindustan Times, where she has spent over 17 years chronicling the transformation of one of India's fastest-growing urban regions. From starting her career as a crime reporter to leading the Gurugram bureau, her journalism has been defined by investigative reporting, in-depth storytelling and an unwavering focus on public interest. Over nearly two decades, she has reported extensively across crime, politics, civic governance, elections, real estate, environment, courts, sports, education and entertainment, covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh and Palwal. Her reporting has exposed several major scams and systemic failures, including insurance frauds, waste management irregularities, illegal arms manufacturing units in Nuh, illegal mining in the Aravallis, organised crime networks and governance lapses affecting millions of residents. Known for her investigative work and exclusive stories, Leena has reported on high-impact national issues, including the Nicaragua charter flight carrying Indian migrants that was turned back amid allegations of human trafficking, exposing the growing network of illegal immigration rackets. Her work has also focused on gang wars, prison administration, juvenile crime, women and child protection systems, the functioning of the Juvenile Justice Board and Child Welfare Committee, and environmental challenges such as pollution, waterlogging and deteriorating civic infrastructure. Beyond hard news, Leena has extensively documented Haryana's rich heritage, forests and wildlife, bringing attention to the state's historical landmarks, biodiversity, conservation efforts and ecological challenges through immersive reportage and feature writing. Her journalism has consistently gone beyond breaking news. She has documented Gurugram's rapid urbanisation through long-form narratives and enterprise reporting on issues ranging from pothole-ridden roads, flooding and waste management to the changing social fabric of India's Millennium City. She also writes widely read feature columns, including The Outsider, Changemaker, and Concern for Gurugram, profiling people, places and ideas shaping the city's identity. Leena is the author of Gurugram School Murder, published by Juggernaut Books, a deeply reported account of one of India's most high-profile school murder investigations. She is currently working on her second book, an investigative work exploring some of India's most significant scams and fraud investigations. Beyond print journalism, she has expanded her storytelling through public speaking and digital media. She is a TEDx speaker and has produced podcasts exploring Gurugram's transformation, civic challenges and untold stories. Her work reflects a commitment to narrative journalism that combines rigorous reporting with compelling storytelling. A law graduate with an MBA in Human Resources, Leena brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her reporting, particularly on governance, public policy and legal affairs. She has travelled extensively across India to pursue investigative assignments, often reporting from remote locations and conflict-prone areas in search of stories that matter.Read More