Hyderabad: The “high-on-speed” menace to terrorise commuters in the city.
Youngsters riding high-end bikes like Kawasaki Ninja, Yamaha R1-5 and Duke RC 390 from different parts of the city connect through Whatsapp and Facebook and conduct free-style racing on the city roads, mainly near the KBR Park, at around midnight without permission from the authorities.
The 'free-style racing’ includes taking up challenges like driving on the wrong side of the road towards oncoming traffic.
The 16 youngsters, who were caught by the authorities this weekend at Banjara Hills revealed that they got together for the event just for fun.
They revealed that they have been organising such illegal events on the city outskirts.
Police booked cases against them for dangerous driving.
Earlier, in the first week of May, police had nabbed as many as 19 bikers near the KBR Park while they were performing stunts on bikes late in the night.
Last Friday, Jubilee Hills police caught another nine riders near the park.
Police say that the riders were on bikes with modified silencers, creating terror in the minds of other commuters and sound pollution in the night. The officials added that the youngsters, in groups, wander around KBR Park, causing nuisance by indulging in hooliganism too.
“They pre-plan the meetings by connecting through social media outlets. They get together at a specified spot to begin the race. Once these riders get on the road with their powerful and noisy bikes, other commuters feel really terrified. The youngsters ride at very high speeds and make a lot of noise to deliberately scare others. The driving is too dangerous and rash,” said N. Vidya Sagar, Banjara Hills Traffic police inspector, who booked case against 16 youngsters for the offence on Saturday night.
“We have booked a case against them under Section 184 of the MV Act. They will be counselled and produced before court. Chargesheets also will be filed against them,” said the inspector.
Despite the traffic police taking up several awareness programmes, youngsters continue to come out on streets to compete with their pals without caring about the safety and concerns of others, officials say.
