The traffic department in Mumbai recently announced that they would be penalizing two wheeler riders if the pillion rider was not found to be wearing helmets. Another rule also made it compulsory for the front row passenger to wear his seat belt or face a fine. Now, in a rather uncommon turn of events, the traffic department of Mumbai has started a new punishment for a set of offenders.
If reports are to be believed, the Kherwadi police, under whose jurisdiction a part of the Western Express highway (WEH) comes under, recently took to a new level with respect to the law-breakers. The police of this department arrested 13 bike borne youngsters who were taken to the police station and given a haircut as a punishment for not following the law.
According to the officials, the youngsters with funky hairstyles who were caught riding their motorcycles without a helmet were given a haircut. Why a haircut you ask? Well the reason cited by the police was this punishment would teach them a lesson as they spend a decent amount on such hairstyles. The south bound bikers were arrested during a nakabandi that is said to be conducted on a regular basis.
When police officials asked these youngsters where they were headed to it did not yield any satisfactory reply. They were then taken to the police station where a barber was called and three to four of the accused were given haircuts. These bikers, reported to have been speeding on the WEH were taken into custody in the presence of DCP Virendra Mishra and Senior Inspector Sujata Patil. These barricades helped the police to nab bikers and their gangs who often indulge in stunts and racing.
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One of the accused, a 20 year old Hotel Management student, said that he spent Rs. 3500 to style his hair barely two weeks ago and the police indulging in such a practices are humiliating for them. Another student in the final of engineering said that he wasn’t aware about the laws although he found this act of the police to be unfair towards them.
Source: Hindustan Times