MTC unearths free bus pass forgery racket

An official release said that ticket-checkers conducted inspections at various places following reports that the passes were being misused.

In one such inspection at Red Hills Terminus on August 20 on route no 592 (Vallalar-Periyapallayam), the ticket-checkers found one V Selvakumar of Kannigaiper Panchayat was misusing the bus pass issued to a college student. “On inquiry, it was found that Selvakumar forged the bus pass issued to Lingeshwaran of Kannigaiper by taking a colour photocopy and pasting his photo over it. Further, such forged bus passes were sold by a photo studio and a photocopy shop. Periyapallayam police have filed an FIR based on a complaint from the MTC,” the release said, adding that more than 200 persons were found to be using expired or forged buses during a mass check-up on August 28.