Believe it or not! Man driving a CAR challaned for not ‘wearing helmet’

It may sound funny but it is true. A man driving a car in Meerut was challaned for not wearing a helmet. Not only this, the policeman even put the Maruti Swift car's registration number on the challan receipt.

The driver approached the Senior Superintendent of Police who has ordered an enquiry into the matter.

The incident took place in Hasanpur area of Meerut on May 24 evening when Shailender Singh was stopped by a traffic police officer, and asked for his car's papers.
Singh told Times of India that all his vehicle documents were in order but still the cop refused to let him go.

"I was getting late as I had to take my 4-month-old son to a doctor but the cop kept holding my car for some reason. After I had a heated discussion with him, he, to my surprise, challaned me for not wearing a helmet. This is ridiculous. I never knew I had to don a helmet while driving a car,” 43-year-old Singh told TOI.

The traffic cop, Shivraj Singh, who issued the challan, said that the matter was being blown out of proportion and that at the heart of the controversy lied a technical mistake.

"We stopped Shailender Singh because we found him talking on the mobile phone while driving. We had to therefore challan him. I asked the chowki in-charge of Hasanpur, Bachan Singh, to issue a challan. However, the official, by mistake, charged him for not wearing a helmet whereas the challan should have been issued for talking on the mobile phone while driving. It was an error and not done deliberately,” clarified Singh.

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