Port Blair, Jan 11: A drive has been organized by the traffic Police of P.S. Aberdeen from 28/12/11 onwards against Private Buses which were reportedly not adhering to their schedule and the routes allotted to them by the State Transport Authority of the A&N Administration, Port Blair.

During the drive, 10 buses bearing Reg: No. D-5971, C-1827, C-3109, A-5960, C-4488, A-4073, G-3696, C-3472 and C-3463 have been caught red-handed by the Traffic Police. These were plying outside of the scheduled time as well as returning half-way without completing the allotted routes. All the buses were challaned and an amount of Rs. 26,000 have been realized as fine from seven buses and where as the challans of three buses sent to court. We have also referred the case of one of the buses bearing Reg. No. AN 01-C-3109 to secretary S.T.A. for suspension of route permit for repeated violations of route permit.

In this connection a meeting was also organized by Dy.SP (Traffic) at Traffic Branch on 9/1/12 with the officials and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Private Bus Owners Association Delanipur, Port Blair led by R.S. Yadav, President. During the meeting, Dy.SP (Traffic) advised all the owners and the officials of their association to adhere to the timings, schedule and route allotted to their buses by the S.T.A.

Immediately after the meeting Shri R.S. Yadav, President of Bus owners association also issued a letter and advised all Private Bus owners to ply the buses as per their scheduled time and allotted route Vide Letter No. ANIPB.A dated 9/1/12 . Once again all the owners and drivers of Pvt. Buses are warned not to violate their route permits and the scheduled time allotted to their respective buses by the S.T.A. failing which matter will be referred to S.T.A. for suspension of their route permits, besides initiating other legal action against them.

Port Blair, Jan 09: In a major success in the first week of the new year, Police have busted a fake driving license racket in the city and arrested eight persons for forgery and cheating, however the police have ruled out any link between these eight accused and the local Transport Department. Fake DL and incriminating materials have been seized from them. The kingpin Mohd. Sajid was running this business along with Abdul Sajid and K. P. Ibrahim by forging driving licenses on a computer in an internet cafe and supplying them to unscrupulous customers for up to Rs. 5000. Port Blair, Jan 09: In a major success in the first week of the new year, Police have busted a fake driving license racket in the city and arrested eight persons for forgery and cheating, however the police have ruled out any link between these eight accused and the local Transport Department. Fake DL and incriminating materials have been seized from them.

The kingpin Mohd. Sajid was running this business along with Abdul Sajid and K. P. Ibrahim by forging driving licenses on a computer in an internet cafe and supplying them to unscrupulous customers for up to Rs. 5000. To unearth the clandestine business of forged government certificates, Aberdeen police was tracking suspected elements and gathering intelligence. Under the supervision of South Andaman ASP Mr. Chinmoy Biswal, a special team comprising of ASI M.A. Rasheed, HC Surya Narayan, HC Sanjay Kujur, PC Manpal, PC Ashish, PC Imran along with SI Vijay Kumar and SHO Stalin nabbed the accused persons in a carefully planned operation. On a credible information, the kingpin of the racket Mohd. Sajid (22), r/o South Point along with his associates Abdul Sajid (25), Pan shopkeeper, r/o Atlanta point and K.P. Ibrahim (27), Auto driver, r/o Manarghat were nabbed while trying to deliver fake DL to customers on 03 January. Four licenses along with pen drive were recovered from them. Further, articles used in forging the documents such as laminating sheets, passport size photographs of persons, micro chip were recovered from house search.

On interrogation, they revealed that they had collected money from five willing persons and supplied them fake DL. Those five persons namely C.H. Viswanath (21), Tourist Guide, r/o Marine Hill, Nirmal Nagendra Kumar (28), Manager of hotel Dream Palace r/o Haddo, Biswanath Gunri (25), r/o Haddo, Panchanan Mandal (35), r/o Bambooflat and Naseer Khan (20) r/o Bambooflat were immediately arrested with fake DL in their possession. Subsequently, scan copies of the driving licenses prepared by the racket have been recovered from the email account of the Mohd. Sajid. A case has been registered at P.S. Aberdeen u/s 420/468/471/109/34 IPC and the accused persons have been sent to judicial custody. Further investigation is in progress to ascertain the involvement of others and the full extent of this offence. To unearth the clandestine business of forged governPort Blair, Jan 09: In a major success in the first week of the new year, Police have busted a fake driving license racket in the city and arrested eight persons for forgery and cheating, however the police have ruled out any link between these eight accused and the local Transport Department. Fake DL and incriminating materials have been seized from them. The kingpin Mohd. Sajid was running this business along with Abdul Sajid and K. P. Ibrahim by forging driving licenses on a computer in an internet cafe and supplying them to unscrupulous customers for up to Rs. 5000. To unearth the clandestine business of forged government certificates, Aberdeen police was tracking suspected elements and gathering intelligence.

Under the supervision of South Andaman ASP Mr. Chinmoy Biswal, a special team comprising of ASI M.A. Rasheed, HC Surya Narayan, HC Sanjay Kujur, PC Manpal, PC Ashish, PC Imran along with SI Vijay Kumar and SHO Stalin nabbed the accused persons in a carefully planned operation. On a credible information, the kingpin of the racket Mohd. Sajid (22), r/o South Point along with his associates Abdul Sajid (25), Pan shopkeeper, r/o Atlanta point and K.P. Ibrahim (27), Auto driver, r/o Manarghat were nabbed while trying to deliver fake DL to customers on 03 January. Four licenses along with pen drive were recovered from them. Further, articles used in forging the documents such as laminating sheets, passport size photographs of persons, micro chip were recovered from house search. On interrogation, they revealed that they had collected money from five willing persons and supplied them fake DL. Those five persons namely C.H. Viswanath (21), Tourist Guide, r/o Marine Hill, Nirmal Nagendra Kumar (28), Manager of hotel Dream Palace r/o Haddo, Biswanath Gunri (25), r/o Haddo, Panchanan Mandal (35), r/o Bambooflat and Naseer Khan (20) r/o Bambooflat were immediately arrested with fake DL in their possession. Subsequently, scan copies of the driving licenses prepared by the racket have been recovered from the email account of the Mohd. Sajid.

A case has been registered at P.S. Aberdeen u/s 420/468/471/109/34 IPC and the accused persons have been sent to judicial custody. Further investigation is in progress to ascertain the involvement of others and the full extent of this offence. ment certificates, Aberdeen police was tracking suspected elements and gathering intelligence. Under the supervision of South Andaman ASP Mr. Chinmoy Biswal, a special team comprising of ASI M.A. Rasheed, HC Surya Narayan, HC Sanjay Kujur, PC Manpal, PC Ashish, PC Imran along with SI Vijay Kumar and SHO Stalin nabbed the accused persons in a carefully planned operation. On a credible information, the kingpin of the racket Mohd. Sajid (22), r/o South Point along with his associates Abdul Sajid (25), Pan shopkeeper, r/o Atlanta point and K.P. Ibrahim (27), Auto driver, r/o Manarghat were nabbed while trying to deliver fake DL to customers on 03 January. Four licenses along with pen drive were recovered from them.

Further, articles used in forging the documents such as laminating sheets, passport size photographs of persons, micro chip were recovered from house search. On interrogation, they revealed that they had collected money from five willing persons and supplied them fake DL. Those five persons namely C.H. Viswanath (21), Tourist Guide, r/o Marine Hill, Nirmal Nagendra Kumar (28), Manager of hotel Dream Palace r/o Haddo, Biswanath Gunri (25), r/o Haddo, Panchanan Mandal (35), r/o Bambooflat and Naseer Khan (20) r/o Bambooflat were immediately arrested with fake DL in their possession. Subsequently, scan copies of the driving licenses prepared by the racket have been recovered from the email account of the Mohd. Sajid. A case has been registered at P.S. Aberdeen u/s 420/468/471/109/34 IPC and the accused persons have been sent to judicial custody. Further investigation is in progress to ascertain the involvement of others and the full extent of this offence.

Staff Reporter

Port Bair, Dec 03: A furniture shop owner of middle Point has gone missing since last 15 days, it is reported. According to reports the furniture shop owner used to sell designer furniture in Middle Point area of Port Blair city. It is believed that the owner of the furniture shop and his wife are untraceable since last 15 days, making those people worried, who had lend money to the shop owner. Police sources have confirmed that till now no one has lodged any FIR yet against the shop owner.
However, the neighbours of the missing shop owners informed that people from bank and others keep on coming in search of the person almost everyday, only to find locked doors. Even the shop at Middle Point remains locked and mobile phones unreachable.