Crores of rupees embezzled from pirated software at 200 toll plazas across the country. Embezzlement of crores of rupees through pirated software at 200 toll plazas of the country: Game of fraud was going on at 42 toll plazas of 12 states, toll manager on radar – Azamgarh News

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Among the arrested accused, Alok Kumar Singh is a resident of Jaunpur district who lives in Varanasi while Manish Mishra is a resident of Madhya Pradesh and the third accused Rajiv Kumar Mishra is a resident of Prayagraj district. Two laptops, a printer, five mobile phones, a Maruti car and more than ₹19,000 have also been recovered from the possession of the accused. These three accused have been arrested near Atraula Toll Plaza of Lalganj police station area of ​​Mirzapur district.

UP STF arrested three accused who committed fraud in toll plaza through software.

Complaints of fraud were being received continuously

UP STF is continuously receiving complaints of fraud on various toll plazas of National Highways through separate software in addition to NHI software server in the booth computers of toll plazas due to vehicles not having fast track and not having sufficient funds in the fast track account. Was. On the basis of these complaints, the team of UP STF Varanasi’s Additional Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Singh and Lucknow’s Additional Superintendent of Police Vimal Kumar Singh were continuously monitoring the case. Meanwhile, the SDO got information that the person who separately creates and installs the software of National Highway Authority of India is in Varanasi. On this information, STF team detained Alok Kumar Singh near Babatpur Airport and started interrogation.

Alok, who cheated through software, has worked at toll plazas.

Alok Singh has worked at toll plaza

STF Post Office Alok Singh told that he has previously worked at toll plaza and along with this he is also an MCA. The accused has good knowledge of software making and has also worked with Sawant and Sukhantu in the past with Riddhi Siddhi Company. From there he came in contact with the companies taking the contract for the toll plaza. If the accused knows that Fastag is mandatory at all toll plazas in India, then he passes through the toll plaza without fast track. Double toll tax is collected from them as penalty.

STF was busy searching for those who cheated by installing software on toll plazas.

developed software

Accused Alok Singh told that with the aim of embezzling double the fee from the vehicles having Meena Fast Tag, Alok Singh, in connivance with the toll plaza owners, created a software which was installed on the system installed at one of the booths of the toll plaza in which NHAI software was installed. Remains. In this, online and offline software was installed with the connivance of IT personnel working in toll. The accused used to access it directly from his personal laptop.

In such a situation, double the toll fee charged from non-fast track vehicles passing through the toll plaza was collected through the software created by Alok Singh. Its print slip was also similar to that of NHAI’s software. Along with this, details of transactions of each toll booth were displayed in Alok Singh’s laptop. As per rules, 50% of the toll tax collected from vehicles without Fast Tag has to be deposited in the account of NHAI. Whereas through the software installed by Alok Singh, the amount collected from vehicles without fast tags was embezzled by the toll plaza owners.

Along with this, the vehicle of illegal recovery was shown as exempt from vehicle duty and the vehicle was allowed to pass. On an average, 5% of the toll tax collected from vehicles without Fastrack is collected from the original software of NHAI so that generally no one has any doubt that the toll tax of vehicles without Fastrack is not going into the account.

The embezzled money was distributed among themselves. This embezzled money was distributed among the toll plaza owners, IT personnel and other employees of the toll plaza. Alok Singh just told that under the supervision of Sawant and Sukhantu, toll tax is being embezzled by installing such software on more than 200 toll plazas of the country. Alok Singh has installed his software on 42 toll plazas of the country. The money Raj received from this was transferred to his own account as well as to the bank accounts of his family members and father-in-law.

Embezzlement of Rs 45,000 was happening every day in Mirzapur’s toll plaza. During STF interrogation, Alok told that he has been involved in Alok’s work for the last two years. Paris software has been installed at Ataraila Shiv Ghulam Toll Plaza Lalganj of Mirzapur district. Where toll tax of Rs 45,000 was being embezzled every day. STF says that other toll plazas are also being investigated.

The software was installed at 42 toll plazas in 12 states of the country.

During STF interrogation, the accused told that this software was installed at 42 toll plazas of the country. These states mainly include Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal. Along with this, servers were installed at toll plazas of Prayagraj, Azamgarh, Bareilly Baghpat, Mirzapur Shamli, Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.