Kamal Kumar Swarnakar was arrested by police on Chaitra 16 from the traffic office premises of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-4 for allegedly forging government seals and official signatures. Swarnakar reportedly defrauded service users under the pretext of renewing vehicle registration books and kept the government revenue for himself, according to police reports. Authorities recovered 11 counterfeit blue books from Swarnakar’s residence, and it was revealed that the fraud was facilitated by traffic office staff leaving officials’ signatures exposed.
Swarnakar, 37, from Biratnagar-6, was detained on charges of cheating by falsely renewing vehicle registration books (blue books). He had been handling bookkeeping work at the traffic office premises and exploited his position to deceive clients seeking to renew their vehicle blue books. Morang Police Senior Superintendent (SP) Kavita Katwal stated that Swarnakar used government stamps, signatures, and officials’ endorsements to complete the vehicle renewal process while pocketing the official revenue himself.
Complaints were filed with the police after service users found discrepancies in the blue book details not matching official templates. Swarnakar was arrested on the afternoon of Chaitra 16. “Preliminary investigations indicate that he engaged in counterfeit transactions to quickly repay a debt of 1 million rupees,” SP Katwal remarked, adding that further investigations are ongoing. According to police information, Swarnakar was responsible for renewing the blue book of motorcycle number 9579. The ease with which fraudulent operations were conducted was due to traffic office employees leaving official signatures and stamps exposed, exposing weaknesses within the office. During a search of Swarnakar’s home, police found 11 different counterfeit blue books. The police stated that he accepted responsibility for renewing blue books in the name of the service users but issued fake receipts without remitting the government revenue.
