Coimbatore: Man watches serial on mobile phone while riding bike, fined

COIMBATORE: After a video of a man watching a television serial on his mobile phone while riding bike went viral on social media, the city traffic police imposed a fine of Rs 1,200 on the errant motorist on Friday.
An official source said a motorist had shot the video of 35-year-old N Muthusamy, a resident of Kannappa Nagar in the city, watching the serial on his mobile phone while riding his two-wheeler on the second level Gandhipuram flyover, which connects Chinnasamy Road and 100ft Road, on Thursday night on his mobile phone and circulated the same on social media.
When deputy commissioner of police (traffic) S R Senthilkumar came to know about the incident on Friday, he instructed the officials to trace the motorist and penalise him for the traffic violation.
A team of police subsequently traced Muthusamy, a supervisor with a masala manufacturing company, and imposed a fine of Rs 1,2000 on him. “He was watching Tamil serial Raja Rani on a mobile app while he was on his way home on the two-wheeler. We have removed the mobile phone stand from his bike and warned him not to use phone while riding the vehicle,” the source said.