It is an interesting thing. A driver in Meerut was fined on May 24 for
not wearing a helmet. Problem here is that he was driving a car. Interestingly,
the traffic cop who issued the challan even put car’s registration number on
the receipt.
S Singh, the driver, was on his way to a doctor's appointment for his
4-month-old son and was already running late, when he was stopped by traffic
cop Shivraj Singh, who demanded to see the car's papers. Singh claims the
papers were all in order, and yet he was being held. This led to a fierce
argument, which consequently ended with him being issued a challan.
He contacted the senior superintendent of police, and an enquiry has
been initiated.
The traffic police officer said that he flagged down Singh because he
was talking on the phone while driving. However, by mistake, he was fined for
not wearing helmet. According to him, this incident has been exaggerated.
How can it be by mistake when the Police Officer wrote down the reason
for fine himself. It was not some machine printed receipt.
