Car user gets challan for not using helmet

Bengaluru: Next time you hit the road in your car on city streets make sure you are wearing helmet in addition to the fastening seat belt! Yes, you read that right.

In a bizarre case, a Bharatiya Janata Party state media in charge Prakash S. couldn’t believe when he received a challan from Bengaluru Traffic Police on Sunday, charging him with not wearing helmet while riding pillion, while the registration number mentioned in the challan was that of his Toyota Innova Car.

Prakash told Deccan Chronicle that when he checked the challan, he couldn’t believe it. But, when looked at it closely he found the challan had his car registration number along with the type of offence – not using helmet while riding pillion.

“The registration number of my car is KA 04 MP 7257 and the same is printed in the challan with a fine amount of '100 for the pillion rider not wearing helmet. This is callousness on the part of the traffic police and should be rectified immediately. If this is the case then imagine how many more people have received such faulty challans. The additional commissioner of police (traffic) Mr. M.A. Saleem should look into the matter and make sure that such things don’t happen again,” Prakash added.

The challan mentioned that the incident happened on February 3, near Basaweshwara circle.

When contacted a senior police officer, he said, “The error might be due to a technical fault, we will ask the official concerned to look into it.”