Lucknow Overload Racket Busted: ₹6,000 Per Truck 'Clearance Fee', Transport Officials Under Scanner
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Summary
The Uttar Pradesh STF uncovered a racket allowing overloaded trucks to bypass mandatory checks at Lucknow entry points for ₹6,000-7,000 per vehicle. The scheme involved transport department officials ...
Key Details
Published
14 November 2025 at 07:00 am
Source
The 420
Channel
Victim Profile
NA
State
Uttar Pradesh
City
Lucknow
Amount Loss Range
NA
Fraud Keywords
transport bribery schemeoverload truck clearancewhatsapp coordination listcheckpoint bypassingbribe collection systemofficial-broker nexusillegal vehicle clearanceregulatory evasionsystematic corruption
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Abhinav Pandey (arrested broker from Siddhauli, Sitapur)Kapil (arrested dumper driver from Kanpur's Sajeeti Kuria village)ARTO Raju Bansal (implicated official)Constables Anuj and Girijesh (implicated officials)PTO Manoj Bhardwaj (implicated official)Vinod Yadav (former RTO's driver, implicated)Ritesh Kumar (broker's brother, implicated)Sunil Sachan (associate, implicated)ARTO Pushpanjali Mitra (absconding, Raebareli)Fatehpur PTO Akhilesh Tiwari (absconding)Raebareli ARTO Ambuj (absconding)Mohan Singh (broker, arrested)Sunil Yadav (truck driver, arrested)₹6,000-7,000 per truck (bribe amount)WhatsApp lists (coordination method)