Gujarat Police have booked five persons for allegedly running a fake toll plaza to help vehicles bypass the genuine toll plaza and provide a passage from a private route by charging money much less than the actual toll in Morbi district.
The busting of the fake plaza which, according to sources, had been running for more than a year and reportedly collected more than ₹75 crore from vehicles, has come as another embarrassment for the government just a few weeks after the police busted a network of conmen who were running fake government offices and swindled around ₹18.5 crore grants in tribal areas of central Gujarat.
After lodging a complaint following media reports about a full-fledged fake toll plaza, the police have booked five persons including a ceramic factory owner, who is the son of an influential leader of Patidar community in Saurashtra region.
