Hyderabad, May 19 -- A 30-year-old Police Transport Organisation (PTO) constable trainee has been arrested by the Hyderabad airport for allegedly stealing at least 10 FASTags from police vehicles and lending them to private cab drivers for money.

The accused has been identified as Nissar Ahmed. He was previously a home guard in the PTO and was recently selected as a constable and was undergoing training.

According to reports, the accused stole the FASTags issued for police vehicles and gave them to private cab drivers operating at Hyderabad airport to help them evade toll charges, He also collected payments from the cab drivers for using the FASTags.

Following a complaint from the toll manager, RGIA police registered a case, arrested N...