Man Fined, Arrested For Drunk Driving In Odisha

Cuttack: In what will be thought-about as a warning for the site visitors rule violators, particularly those that are driving autos after consuming alcohol, a drunk driver was arrested throughout automobile checking in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Thursday.
A workforce of Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Cuttack together with the native police was conducting a automobile checking at Jatamundia Chowk underneath Banki Police Station limits of the distirct this night. In the meantime, they waylaid one Kalpataru Cochhyat whereas he was going via the route on his two-wheeler.
During the inspection, Kalpataru was discovered to be in an inebriated state. Later, he was requested to provide totally different paperwork that are wanted to be carried at all times and proven throughout checking.
However, Kalpataru couldn’t produce the insurance coverage and air pollution certificates of the bike. Besides, he had not worn a helmet whereas using the bike, following which he was fined Rs 17,000 and arrested on costs of violating totally different sections of the New Motor Vehicle Act 2019.

It is to be famous right here {that a} minor boy was slapped with a superb of Rs 25,000 for driving a motorbike with no driver’s license yesterday. The RTO-1 of Bhubaneswar caught the minor throughout checking in Chandrasekharpur space and fined him for the violation. Similarly, the pillion rider with the boy was additionally fined Rs 1,000 for not carrying a helmet.