Hyderabad traffic police launched a special drive against tampering of vehicle registration plates, fixing of irregular numbers, and vehicles moving without register plates, apart from fixing modified silencers and horns, black films and affixing stickers on vehicles/windscreen revealing their profession, occupation official designation etc.
Till Saturday, the police booked 9,387 cases pertaining to number plate violations, 3,270 and 4,280 cases of noise pollution and black films/stickers, respectively.
“These offences are considered as contributors of not only traffic violations, but also criminal activities,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) AV Ranganath said.