Case filed against man who registered luxury bike in his relative’s name without the owner’s knowledge. Mahi Pallaur police have registered a case against Ismail, a Peringathur native who runs a hotel in Bangalore, and have started an investigation. The man who took the bike was selling it using the owner’s forged signature. It is alleged that Mahi RTO office staff also connived in the fraud.
This is what the police say
Peringathur native P.K. Ismail and Nilophal of Pallaur are also relatives. Ismail had taken Nilophal’s HarIy Davidasan motorbike, worth Rs. 13.5 lakh,
from Nilophal’s house on the pretext of selling it. When there was no information even after days, it was found that Ismail had transferred the vehicle to his wife’s father Kallan Parambath Musa by forging a signature.
Subsequent investigation revealed that his wife had transferred the vehicle to his name without even his father’s knowledge. After filing a complaint with the Pallur police, the police have registered a case and started an investigation. Since vehicle tax is low in Puducherry, many people register vehicles in the names of residents of Mahe.
Although there is an RTO in Mahe in name only, it is managed by office employees. Non-employees register vehicles by paying hand wages. The RTO office is managed by an employee who is also a resident of Mahe. There are allegations that thousands of rupees are transacted through him every day. Mahe residents are preparing to file a complaint with the Puducherry Transport Minister regarding this.
