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No corruption in Traffic department: ACB informs Bombay High Court

A serving policeman Sunil Toke, who was previously with the Mumbai traffic department ha​s ​​levelled​ serious allegations of corruption in the department

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The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that in the investigations carried out by them on allegation of wide scale corruption practiced in Traffic department, they found no substance.

A serving policeman Sunil Toke, who was previously with the Mumbai traffic department ha​s ​​levelled​ serious allegations of corruption in the department. He provided CD​s​ and audio recordings of the alleged corruption. Even a rate card was provided of how much money is accepted. However, public prosecutor J P Yagnik told the court that after verifying the details it was found to be fabricated and no case against any person named was made out. He argued that “After verification it is found that Maharashtra traffic department is non-corrupt.”

A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Revati Mohite Dhere have asked the petitioners advocate Pradeep Havnur and Advocate Datta Mane to verify the CD​s ​and point out the relevant parts of allegations of corruption by filing an additional affidavit.

Toke (53) in his petition has sought directions from the court to register a First Information report (FIR) against the alleged corrupt policemen named in his complaints and direct the Director General of Police, Police Commissioner and Joint Commissioner (Traffic) for initiating departmental inquiry against the alleged corrupt policemen.

Toke claims in his plea that under every traffic police division there are two havaldars who are called ‘cashiers’. They go on collecting bribes from car selling showroom, pizza outlets, restaurants, malls and other allied business establishments. The petition gives amount of alleged hafta being collected by the policemen.

It is also alleged that during drunken driving cases, the police team are given a target of registering five to 10 cases. However, the concerned team catches 40 to 50 persons who can be prosecuted for​ such offence​. The accused who are financially sound are allowed to go home without prosecu​tion​ and only five to 10 cases are officially shown.​

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