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A 35-year-old traffic constable lodged a complaint. Dighi police charged the duo under sections 221 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions), 296 (obscene acts and songs), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act . “Around 11.30am, she noticed a youth and a woman coming from the wrong side of the road. Pimpri Chinchwad traffic police collect fines amounting to Rs63.78 crore since Jan Pimpri Chinchwad traffic police have taken action against 5.72 lakh traffic violators since January this year and collected fines amounting to Rs63.78 crore.
An officer from Dighi police said the complainant was posted at Dehu Phata Chowk to take action against traffic violations. “We have registered a case against them and issued notices to them,” the officer added. Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Vikrant Deshmukh said police had taken action against car drivers found using “MLA” stickers on their vehicles. “We will send proposals to the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to suspend their driving licences.”
The constable stopped them and asked why they were driving on the wrong side. They abused the constable using lewd language and issued threats to her. The incident occurred at Dehu Phata Chowk in Alandi on Wednesday afternoon.