UP News: The Noida Traffic Police slapped another penalty of Rs 47,500 against three people, including two women, whose video of scooter-riding surfaced on social media this week, news agency PTI reported, citing officials. The Noida police has lodged an FIR pertaining to the incident.
Earlier, the traffic police had imposed a fine of Rs 33,000 on the scooter owner after their first video came up on social media on March 25, PTI reported. The video was called out for vulgarity in public places by social media users. The traffic police then took cognisance of another video.
In the video, one girl and a boy were seen riding the scooter on a city street without helmets. According to the e-challan, the scooter owner was booked on seven counts of negligence related to road safety, including provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. "The total penalty imposed on the scooter owner over the two episodes in the two days has reached Rs 80,500," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Kumar Yadav told PTI.
The police official also made an appeal to the public to obey traffic rules and follow road safety guidelines like wearing helmets and seat belts while riding two-wheelers or four-wheelers, respectively. Meanwhile, an FIR was also lodged on Tuesday at Noida's Sector 113 police station against the three "unidentified" persons based on a complaint lodged by a local sub-inspector.
"The boy was negligently riding the scooter while the girls engaged in obscene acts to make its video, which was later circulated on social media and due to which anger is being expressed by the general public," the allegation against the trio in the FIR stated, as quoted by PTI.
The FIR has been lodged under IPC sections 279 (rash or negligent driving endangering human life), 290 (public nuisance), 294 (obscenity in a public place), and 336 and 337 (both related to act endangering the lives of others or causing hurt by it). The police said further legal proceedings in the case are underway.