Odisha: Man Driving Truck In Berhampur Fined Rs 1000 For Not Wearing Helmet | OTV News

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Berhampur: In a weird incident, a person has been fined Rs 1,000 for driving a truck with out carrying a helmet in Berhampur city of Ganjam district.
The matter got here to mild on March 12 after the automobile proprietor, recognized as Pramod Kumar Swain of G.Jagannathpur space in Berhampur, went to the Regional Transport Officer (RTO), Ganjam not too long ago to resume the allow of his truck.
He was in for a shock when he was handed over a challan which was issued by the Berhampur Traffic Police on December 25, final yr. In the challan, it was talked about he had been charged a superb of Rs 1,000 for ‘driving without helmet’.
Though the truck driver reportedly tried to talk to the involved RTO officers, none gave him a passable reply. With no different various at his disposal, Swain was pressured to shell out the superb quantity following which the allow of the automobile was renewed by the RTO.
Earlier on February 4, a truck driver and his helper have been fined Rs 1,000 by the Jajpur police for not carrying helmets in Chandikhol space within the district. The incident got here to mild after a photograph of the challan went viral on varied social media platforms.