It has come to gentle that automobile house owners in Pune are being duped by a faux web site falsely claiming to be the official portal for reserving Excessive-Safety Registration Plates (HSRP). Whereas the Pune RTO has refused to register such complaints, affected automobile house owners have filed circumstances with cyber police.
As per RTO directions, the deadline for putting in HSRP on autos, initially set for April 1, 2019, has now been prolonged from March 31 to April 30. The RTO has appointed Rosmerta to deal with HSRP installations for Pune and 12 different RTO workplaces. With the deadline approaching, automobile house owners are speeding to register. In Pune alone, over 25 lakh previous automobile house owners are eligible and as of February 23, 80,604 have registered. Of those, 24,041 have been assigned time slots for automobile inspection, and 16,454 autos have already had HSRP put in, in response to the RTO.
Kailash Gaikwad, who utilized for an HSRP quantity plate on February 12, advised The Indian Categorical that he registered by way of a web site displayed on the Pune RTO workplace. “I accessed the net portal whereas standing on the RTO workplace and adopted the method. After receiving an OTP, I scanned a QR code, which confirmed a cost of ₹899 as an alternative of the federal government’s mounted charge of ₹499. On the time, I used to be unaware of the official charge. I obtained an e-mail stating that my plate would arrive in a number of days, however I nonetheless haven’t obtained it,” he stated.
The affirmation message after fee learn: “Thanks for reserving. Order ID… You’ll obtain your supply inside 15-20 working days by way of e-mail.”
Sensing one thing was amiss, Gaikwad approached RTO officers, who confirmed that he had been duped.
An analogous expertise was reported by Kishor Sahane, who utilized for an HSRP plate for his four-wheeler practically 20 days in the past. “After the federal government decision (GR) was issued, I hurried to finish the method. However even after 20 days, I’ve not obtained my quantity plate,” he stated. Sahane obtained the identical affirmation message as Gaikwad.
Nonetheless, Swapnil Bhosale, Deputy RTO, Pune, said that no such complaints had been obtained but. When requested about the potential of fraud by way of faux web sites, he acknowledged the danger and urged automobile house owners to make use of the official portal: Transport.maharashtra.gov.in.
The Pune RTO reported that as of February 23, greater than 16,000 residents have had their HSRP put in, whereas 24,000 registrants have obtained time slots, and over 80,000 residents have accomplished on-line registration.
