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The HSR Layout Police connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) registered an FIR against a retired Senior Motor Vehicle Inspector for allegedly issuing implicit 10,000 fittingness certificates without conducting mandatory carnal inspections, causing important nonaccomplishment to the Transport Department.
According to the ailment filed connected February 28, 2026, by the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) of Peenya Layout successful Bengaluru, Nisar Ahmed, who served arsenic a Senior Motor Vehicle Inspector successful the bureau for astir 8 years, retired connected January 31, 2026. During his tenure from August 1, 2025, to January 31, 2026, helium allegedly issued Form 38(A) fittingness certificates for astir 10,210 out-of-State vehicles without physically inspecting them, arsenic mandated by the Motor Vehicles Act.
The irregularities came to airy pursuing a ailment submitted by advocator N. Nataraj Sharma, Federation of Karnataka State Private Transport Association president, to the Transport Commissioner. Acting connected the complaint, the Commissioner directed the Joint Transport Commissioner to behaviour an enquiry and taxable a report.
On February 19, 2026, officials conducted a elaborate verification and retrieved information relating to 10,210 vehicles from the department’s system. The enquiry reportedly recovered that Form 38(2) certificates had been issued to these vehicles successful usurpation of prescribed procedures. Additionally, it was recovered that certificates had besides been issued to 41 vehicles registered successful Gujarat. Based connected preliminary findings and email connection from the authorities concerned, Nisar Ahmed was placed nether suspension connected January 20, 2026.
The Joint Transport Commissioner submitted a study to the Transport Commissioner connected February 27, 2026, recommending transgression action. Subsequently, the Commissioner directed that a transgression lawsuit beryllium registered. The Joint Commissioner past instructed the Regional Transport Officer to record a ceremonial ailment against the accused.
The ailment alleges that by issuing fittingness certificates without carnal verification and successful alleged collusion with conveyance owners, the retired inspector committed offences amounting to transgression breach of spot and cheating, causing wrongful nonaccomplishment to the Transport Department.
A lawsuit has been registered and further probe is underway.
Welcoming the registration of an FIR against officials successful transportation with the alleged amerciable issuance of fittingness certificates (FC) to astir 10,000 vehicles, advocator S. Nataraj Sharma connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) termed it the “first decisive step” by the State Transport Department to curb corruption.
In a connection to the media, Mr Sharma said that officials astatine the Bengaluru Central RTO had allegedly issued fittingness certificates to vehicles from Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Kerala without conducting the mandatory inspections, allegedly successful speech for money.
