Meerut: With the arrest of a private company employee, accused of manipulating the monthly season ticket (MST) scheme and hiding extra income earned, the Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has claimed to have uncovered an ongoing financial fraud worth crores of rupees.
The accused identified as Ashish Sharma was caught from the private company’s office here, from where the tickets were issued to passengers travelling from Meerut to Delhi and back, on a daily basis.
He claimed he was hired on a monthly pay of Rs 4000 and was trained to defraud the system and issue fake tickets by charging full fare but showing a less distance travelled by the passenger. A sum of Rs 8000 was also recovered from Sharma’s possession. This has incurred a loss worth crores of rupees to the UP Roadways, sources said here. A departmental investigation carried out by new Regional Manager Manoj Kumar Pundir, who was recently transferred from Lucknow to Meerut, brought things into light. A cyber expert team has been sent from Lucknow to Meerut to probe the matter, after Pundir wrote a letter to the UP Roadways headquarters, asking for thorough investigation in the case. — PTI
