Less than six months after the state transport department started issuing taxi and auto rickshaw permits online, cases of obtaining autorickshaw badges through fake documents have surfaced at the Andheri Regional Transport Office (RTO). Fake documents of police verification report, 15 years’ domicile certificate and education qualifications were submitted to obtain badges and permits to ply autorickshaws, said officials. A union leader said about 70 cases of bogus rickshaw badges and permits have come up. Demand for rickshaw permits is said to be the reason of the scam. After the state lifted the restriction on permits in June, 2017, the transport department began issuing online permits, to every eligible person applying for it.

Source: Hindustan Times January 24, 2018 18:11 UTC