Remove tint, stickers, insignia from private vehicles: Mangaluru top cop

MANGALURU: The Mangaluru city police, who nabbed two notorious interstate fraudsters in two separate cases, have warned the public to remove stickers and tint film from their vehicles or face the music.
The diktat comes from P S Harsha, city police commissioner, after two major cases were booked, where people posed as top officials of the NCIB and WHO and cheated people.
They had used government insignia and fake stickers to make people believe that they are genuine. A person from Jammu and Kashmir, who cheated people by posing as the director of World Health Organisation (WHO), and promised job offers at WHO, was arrested a week ago. The car which had tinted glasses, that he was travelling in, also had a fake name plate, where it was written WHO director.
The city commissioner tweeted: “Lot of cases of wrong stickers and boards bearing resemblance to government insignia is being noticed.. appeal all citizens to remove any such boards and also illegal tinted glasses in vehicles... a special drive soon to bring defaulters to book..”
“We are taking this issue seriously and have come across several such fraudsters who are roaming around the city by illegally using government insignia, fake stickers and with vehicles whose windows have tinted glass on them. All of them are requested to remove them, as a drive against such offences will be conducted soon. Police will take strict action against those involved in such violations,” warned Harsha.
A violator is fined Rs 100 when caught for the first time, and is fined Rs 300 for a second offence. If caught for a third time, the police will ask the RTO to cancel the violator’s driving licence. In 2012, the Supreme Court banned the use of black films or tinted glass windows in vehicles.
However, social activists criticised that the police were not serious about vehicles using tinted glasses, which is in violation of a Supreme Court order. “They conduct drives once in a blue moon, and only certain vehicles are targeted. Influential people are allowed to go scot free. This has to be continued on a regular basis, and just not limited to a week in a year,” criticised a social activist.