Vadodara: Recording a video of cops during a mask-checking drive near Sayajipura Township proved costly for a civil contractor on Friday.
The man identified as Keyur Patel himself came under the scanner while recording the video as he had not put on his mask properly. Police said that Patel had a suspicion that commuters are getting harassed during the mask-checking drive, so he stood at a distance and started recording the video. Cops from Bapod police station were stopping commuters for not wearing masks at Mukhinagar junction near Sayajipura Township. After observing him for a while, a couple of policemen went up to him asking Patel to cough up the fine of Rs 1,000 as he had not worn his mask properly.
As cops asked for the fine, Patel started arguing with them. “He started saying that we are harassing citizens by asking them to pay a fine. However, we only stop and take fine from those commuters who have either not worn a mask or someone who has not worn the mask properly,” a cop said. Patel continued arguing and refused to pay the fine amount.
Police detained Patel as he was adamant about not paying the fine. Patel was booked at Bapod police station for obstructing police in discharging their duties and committing a negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.