Hyderabad: The city traffic police said that they receive a minimum of 10 requests every day from commuters who have been given tickets wrongly. They accept that this is a well-known fact in the department.
Tickets have been sent to commuters who have been snapped jumping signals, but the person says he has never travelled through that area. Traffic police say the main reason for challans being sent to the wrong person is that the owner of the car has moved and not bothered to inform his change of address or he has sold the car and been negligent in transferring the registration to the new owner.
Abhinav Vijay, who received a wrong challan, said, “I was issued a challan for jumping a signal at Bowenpally cross roads. This offence was not committed by me. I have tried to contact the Hyderabad Traffic Police through several channels but in vain.”
Sai Sharath Chandra posted on social media: “There was an incorrect challan issued at Warangal, though there was insurance for the bike, challan was issued stating ‘No insurance’.” K. Abhi, a private employee, said, “I was stopped by traffic cops and asked to show my documents. The road I used doesn’t have any signboard saying No entry or one-way or road closed.”
“I was taking a free left to board an ROB. After they saw my documents I was let off without a word, but to my surprise, I got a challan for going down a one way road in the wrong direction and fined '1,100, but the location of the offence was totally different — it is two kilometres away. The challan did not require an image,” he added.
When this reporter asked about the problem of issuing wrong challans, traffic Inspector M. Narsingh Rao, in-charge of e-challans, said, “The main reason for wrong challans is because the driver may have changed address and didn’t update with the RTA, or sometimes after selling the vehicle they didn’t change the registration to the present address. The post will reach the address which was given to the transport department at the time of registration, within three or four days. If they haven’t received the post it might be because of the same.”
