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More than 2,100 vehicles were seized during a city-wide enforcement thrust conducted by the Hyderabad Police connected Thursday nighttime against vehicles with tampered, altered, concealed oregon fake registration fig plates.
The peculiar cognition — Operation Kavach — was carried retired betwixt 10 p.m. and midnight crossed Hyderabad. Police said the thrust was aimed astatine curbing the increasing signifier of modifying oregon masking conveyance registration numbers, a maneuver often utilized by offenders to evade detection and which tin besides effect successful guiltless motorists receiving incorrect e-challans oregon being linked to transgression investigations.
A full of 12,098 vehicles were inspected during the operation, including 8,802 two-wheelers, 1,693 four-wheelers and 1,623 autorickshaws. Police detected 1,406 vehicles with improper oregon altered fig plates, 1,132 vehicles operating without fig plates and 69 vehicles utilizing fake registration plates.
As portion of the enforcement, 2,149 vehicles were seized, including 2,046 two-wheelers, 52 four-wheelers and 51 autorickshaws.
Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar personally inspected vehicle-checking points astatine respective locations, including Jubilee Hills, Madhuranagar, Borabanda, Sanathnagar and Ameerpet. During the inspections, helium stopped vehicles, examined registration plates and interacted with motorists recovered violating the prescribed norms. He directed unit to initiate strict ineligible enactment against offenders.
According to police, the highest fig of conveyance inspections was recorded successful the Rajendranagar Zone with 2,376 vehicles checked, followed by the Secunderabad Zone with 2,230 and the Charminar Zone with 2,171. The highest fig of conveyance seizures was reported from the Golconda Zone with 530 vehicles impounded, followed by the Charminar Zone with 444.
Addressing the media, the Commissioner said tampering with registration plates would nary longer beryllium treated arsenic a regular postulation violation. He warned that motorists recovered deliberately altering, concealing oregon forging registration numbers could look transgression cases nether provisions relating to cheating and forgery.
Police said offenders often crook fig plates, erase characters oregon usage fake registration numbers to conceal their individuality portion committing offences. Such practices not lone hinder investigations but tin besides effect successful guiltless conveyance owners being wrongly issued e-challans oregon drawn into transgression inquiries.
The Commissioner urged motorists to guarantee that registration plates comply with Transport section norms and to transportation valid conveyance documents astatine each times. He added that portion the contiguous signifier of Operation Kavach chiefly focused connected two-wheelers, akin drives would beryllium extended to different categories of vehicles successful the coming weeks.
