HYDERABAD: City traffic police is now cracking down on unauthorised use of fake 'Police' and ‘Press’ stickers on vehicles. In the past two days, the police came across several such cases where people have been using these stickers but did not possess valid Press or police cards. Around 80 such vehicles were caught in the last two days and the violators were fined by the traffic police. Concerned over the overwhelming number of vehicles illegally sporting Press and also police signs, city traffic police has initiated a drive to clamp down such fakesters plying on the roads of Hyderabad.
“It has been found out that many motorists who use ‘Press’ stickers are not journalists or from any media house when our team checked their identification cards,” Dr V. Ravinder, Joint Traffic Commissioner, said. “To put an end to such misuse of police and Press stickers, a drive has already taken off in the city. Apart from booking cases and imposing fines, we also removed such stickers from two-wheelers and cars that were caught by our team. We will not entertain if they use a fake sticker,” Dr V. Ravinder, Joint Traffic Commissioner said.
DCP Traffic A.V. Ranganath said that genuine policemen can’t just paste a police sticker on their privately-owned vehicles because that vehicle can be misused by someone else. “Many such cases have been observed when a vehicle with such stickers are used by others or any friends and family members of the vehicle owner. That is why we suggest even the police to not use ‘police’ sticker on their private vehicles,” he said. “Vehicles with Press, Police, Army, or Govt Service stickers are allowed free access in government institutions. Security guards will waive them off in without any check. This is the way our Parliament was attacked by terrorists,” activist C.J. Karira said.
