About 279 traffic wardens were dismissed on Sunday by the Punjab government over fraudulent activities.
After the scrutiny of documents including birth certificates and education documents submitted by traffic wardens across Punjab,
279 traffic wardens were found guilty of forgery and other malpractices.
When contacted, Chief Traffic Police Officer Sohail Chaudhry said that the said wardens were involved in tampering documents in their personal files when a seniority list for their promotion was in process. After a detailed inquiry, a case was registered against them by the authorities concerned in the Chung police station.
To a question, he said their documents were verified at the time of appointments, respectively, but they altered their documents when their seniority was being determined.
He said the government had taken serious notice of the case and dismissed all of them. Furthermore, he said that the police force aimed at enforcing law and not a single person who broke the law would be tolerated in the traffic police.
On the other hand, some of the dismissed traffic wardens staged a protest demonstration and demanded their restoration.