Overview

• An FIR was filed on August 4 under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Indian Penal Code, the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following a Pathankot resident’s complaint about forged licences.
• On August 5, the VB arrested four key accused: MVI Sukhdev Singh of SIADS Mahuana, agents Amit Kumar alias Shelly and Jagpreet Singh, and former RTA operator Rakesh Kumar.
• Forensic verification identified 23 counterfeit training certificates at SIADS Mahuana by detecting mismatches in unique certificate numbers, QR codes and embedded mobile data.
• Investigators traced bribe payments from private document centres into the bank accounts of Rakesh Kumar and data entry operator Pratibha Sharma, revealing the financial infrastructure of the racket.
• VB teams are conducting raids to apprehend the three remaining absconding accused—Pratibha Sharma, Kulbir Singh and another Rakesh Kumar tied to GMD Documents Centre—as the probe widens.