Registration and Stamps Department officials unearth challans scam

DIGs, District Registrars conduct raids on Sub-Registrar offices, ₹5.04 crore fraud unearthed.

Officials of the Registration and Stamps Department conducted raids on the Sub-Registrar Officers (SROs) in the State on Friday, on the alleged multi-crore challan scam. The officers identified that ₹5.04 crore was swindled (loss caused to the government by the accused) in 17 SROs in the State, in the last few months. The Registration and Stamps Department officials suspended five officers and booked cases against the document writers and other staff involved in the scam. The accused changed the figures on the challans and paid less amount to the government. The staff and the document writers, involved in the scam submitted forged challans and documents with tempered amount and swindled the amount, the investigation officers said.