Former Chief Traffic Manager BMTC arrested for forging signature of senior officers to tamper with documents and causing financial loss to corporation to the tune of Rs.17 Crores

Pramesh S Jain

The Wilson garden police on Wednesday arrested a former Chief Traffic Manager of BMTC for forging the signatures of senior officers to tamper with documents and award contracts and tenders to undeserving applicants causing financial loss to the corporation to the tune of Rs.17 Crores.

While the accused Sriram Mulkavan had been arrested by the police and others involved in the scam are absconding .

The accused forged the signature of former BMTC Managing Director C.Shikha and Director of Security and Vigilance Wing Director K.Arun.

The BMTC vigilance team verified the documents , summoned the accused and questioned before confirming the scam.

Assistant security and vigilance officer C.K.Ramya conducted a probe and found that the accused were involved in large-scale irregularities and filed a complaint.