Chandigarh/Gurdaspur, Aug. 6 -- Continuing its crackdown on corruption in the Punjab transport department, the Vigilance Bureau (VB)has unearthed a fake heavy vehicle driving licence racket in Gurdaspur, four months after uncovering a similar racket, spread across 10 districts, in April.

Exposing a nexus between officials of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Gurdaspur, the State Institute of Automobile and Driving Skills Centre (SIADS), Mahuana, Muktsar Sahib, and private document agents operating in Gurdaspur district, the VB has registered a corruption case against seven accused, arresting four of them, including a motor vehicle inspector (MVI).Raids are underway to nab the remaining three.

Disclosing this on Tuesday, an official...