'Sr RTO official took bribe in superbike scam'

MUMBAI: A deputy regional transport officer and three of his assistants had taken huge bribes for illegal registration of imported superbikes, CID superintendent of police M A Gundewadi has told the Bombay high court.

Following a high court order, the CID had appointed Gundewadi to probe into the multicrore sam of imported bikes. “We recorded the statements of the accused before a magistrate as is the provision under the Criminal Procedure Code. The accused disclosed that they had paid a huge amount money to four senior officials, including the deputy regional transport officer of Pen,’’ Gundewadi said in his affidavit submitted to the court. A few witnesses have also said that an overlook on the part of officers at the RTO offices in Pen and Andheri facilitated the fraud.