Charkop police have registered a case against a man posing as a Regional Transport Office (RTO) inspector and his two accomplices. The trio allegedly duped a transport company owner of approximately Rs 10.5 lakhs by promising to provide passing certificates, fitness certificates, and insurance for five school buses.

The accused--identified as Abhishek Jadhav, Hamza Menon and Anil Chauhan--reportedly approached the transport company owner with Jadhav pretending to be an RTO inspector from Nashik division. After extorting money under the pretext of Road Tax, fitness certificates, insurance and passing certificates for five school buses, the accused persons absconded in June 2023.