CHINIOT: The city police have arrested a traffic warden for issuing fake challans to vehicle drivers here on Saturday.
According to the FIR lodged by Shaukat Hayat, the in charge of traffic vigilance team, he was informed that warden Aslam Haral was minting money from vehicle drivers at Bypass Chowk, Faisalabad Road, by issuing them fake challans.
Mr Hayat said when he, along with other members of the vigilance team, reached the spot, the warden threw some of the fake challan books in a nearby drain. However, the team members acting immediately recovered a number of bogus challan books from the warden.
He said the team recovered over 100 coloured photocopies of ticket No 1 of the challan book from the suspect who confessed his crime.
A case against the warden was registered under sections 420, 468 and 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 155-c of Police Order 2002.
INJURED: Seven passengers were injured in a collision between a van and a truck on Faisalabad-Sargodha road.
According to Rescue 1122, a van was going from Faisalabad to Sargodha when it collided with a truck carrying crushed stones. As a result, seven of the van passengers were seriously injured and were shifted to the DHQ hospital.
Published in Dawn, June 27th, 2021
