Biker with 134 challans caught 1,426 DRIVERS CAUGHT DRUNK DRIVING IN OCTOBER

A resident of old Alwal was found to have 134 pending traffic challans on his bike with total penalties of `31,556. The Narayanguda police filed a chargesheet on the violator, seized his bike and sent him to court.

The police came upon the violator, Krishna Prakash, almost by chance: He was stopped for riding without a helmet. When a challan was issued against him, the police realised it was the 135th, and he had paid none of the previous ones.

According to the Narayanguda traffic police, it was during a routine check up at Himayatnagar Y-junction, that they stopped the bike bearing number TS10 ED 9176.

Mr Krishnam Raju, Narayanguda traffic police sub-inspector, who stopped the two-wheeler, said, “The highest number of pending e-challans were issued for cell phone driving followed by signal jumping and wrong side driving.”

He said all the challans had been imposed through non-contact enforcement. “Though notice was served to pay the fines he had ignored them. However we caught him on Thursday evening.” A total of 1,426 drivers were caught red-handed for drunken driving in October. Local courts jailed 449 of them and permanently cancelled the licence of 10 violators.

According to the police the highest number of violators — 184 — were jailed for two days. Another five were jailed for one month. A total of 69 driving licences have been suspended temporarily. The 3rd and 4th Metropolitan Magistrate Courts, Nampally, imposed fines of `31 lakh on the remaining 977 traffic violators. All the candidates who were sentenced for imprisonment were sent to Chanchalguda Jail.

Another 32 violators were jailed. ACP Traffic, Anil Kumar said, “The respondents caught and convicted for drunken driving may face difficulty in getting government jobs, passport and visa clearance.”