Police arrested a fake traffic sergeant for providing case slips to the drivers of faulty vehicles in exchange of money at the city’s Tigerpass intersection yesterday afternoon.
Emranul Haque alias Suman, 38, of the city’s CDA Residential area identified himself as traffic sergeant.
Sources said a casebook of traffic department was stolen few days back. Using this book, Suman was giving fake case slips to the drivers in exchange of Tk 1,000 each with the help of brokers.
A traffic sergeant recovered one of the slips from a driver at Chawkbazar. Later, police arrested Suman around 1:00pm with the help of the driver, said the sources.