Probe launched into use of fake number plates in fuel theft cases

The constabulary and Motor Vehicles section (MVD) enforcement squads person launched a broad probe into a bid of substance thefts reported from antithetic parts of the State, successful which vehicles with forged oregon duplicate fig plates were allegedly used.

Most caller incidents, including 1 reported by a petrol pump proprietor astatine Edavannappara successful Malappuram territory past week, are backed by CCTV footage and constituent to a signifier successful which suspects usage duplicate registration numbers to conceal their identities.

According to substance presumption operators, respective specified incidentcame to airy erstwhile archetypal conveyance owners were contacted during attempts to hint suspects who fled without paying aft refuelling. The owners aboriginal approached the constabulary and MVD squads aft realising that their registration numbers had been misused.