Mysuru, June 17 -- * RTO conducts crackdown to collect about Rs. 4 crore tax

* Two cars released after collecting Rs. 1.78 crore road tax

Officials from the Regional Transport Office (West) have seized five luxury vehicles for allegedly evading road tax on Sunday. Two Mercedes-Benz, an Audi Q4, a Porsche and a Rolls-Royce were seized for evading road tax, totalling up to Rs. 4 crore.

According to Regional Transport Officer (Mysuru West) C.N. Ramachandra, a special team from the Department of Transport, Bengaluru, along with the RTOs (Mysuru East and West), conducted a special operation on Sunday until 10.30 pm to seize the vehicles.

"We had been monitoring the movements of these vehicles and had sought permission from the head office ...