The MTPD is taking the step as two drivers of public vehicle have been arrested within a week for using counterfeit licenses. This is the first time that public vehicle drivers have been held for using forged license. A number of private vehicle owners have been found carrying counterfeit documents in the past. [break]
Another public vehicle driver was arrested on Monday for possessing forged driving license. The security personnel deployed from the Metropolitan Police Range (MPR), Bhaktapur found Ram Krishna Bhandari, 40, from Katunje with fake driving permit.
According to traffic, Bhandari had received driving permit for group “B” vehicles in 2007. However, he got the fake license which mentioned that he was licensed to drive both group “A” and “B” vehicles through brokers. Bhandari has been driving taxi (BA 1 JA 8168) for a year.
Ram Bahadur Adhikari, who drives a public bus between Kathmandu and Banepa was arrested on Tuesday from Pandubazar Chowk along the six lane road section of Bhaktapur for holding fake license, according to the MTPD spokesperson Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Pawan Giri.
Both the drivers are in judicial custody as the Bhaktapur District Court has extended their detention for further investigation. Those convicted of forgery may face a jail term of maximum six years, Giri informed.
The police said that investigation is under way to nab the person leading the counterfeit license racket.
The MTPD states that most road accidents are caused due to drivers´ carelessness, which hints at the possibility that more and more drivers who have failed driving trials are behind the wheels.
After the series of discussion with the Department of Transport Management, the joint effort of the traffic and transport management authority has implemented a new trial rule for driving permit of a two-wheeler and four-wheelers from Sunday.
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