Toll Plaza: Every day, lakhs of people pass through the national highways in different vehicles. They also have to pay toll tax to do so. In India, people use Fastag to pay toll tax. With the use of Fastag, people have eliminated standing in line. In such a situation, people do not need to keep cash. Money is deducted directly from the account through Fastag.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh STF raided NHAI’s Atraila toll plaza and exposed a nationwide toll collection scam. On Wednesday, the STF arrested a 35-year-old engineer in Varanasi on charges of masterminding the toll tax fraud network.
According to the information, this network was spread over 42 toll plazas in 14 states and collected toll tax for about two years. At present, the police are trying to find out the fraud. NHAI lost Rs 45,000 daily due to this scam at the Atraula toll plaza in Mirzapur.
The entire game was run on software.
Programmer and former toll plaza employee Alok Kumar Singh had created an illegal software system that sent the toll to the personal bank accounts of the gang members. The software was aimed at vehicles without fasting or with low fasting balance, which was usually charged double the toll.
He created an unauthorized program that worked alongside the official software. Fake receipts were copies of NHAI receipts, making it challenging to discover.
Cheating at toll plazas of 14 states, including UP, MP
Singh has admitted to installing the software himself at 42 toll plazas. These include nine toll plazas in UP, six in MP, four in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, three in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, and two in Punjab, Assam and Bengal.