Hyderabad: 27 police officials were booked for not wearing helmets while driving bikes in Falaknuma and Santoshnagar divisions. The south zone police conducted a special drive to crack down on cops, who violate road rules. Three sub inspectors were among the 27 caught. “A penalty of Rs 100 was imposed under Section 129/177 of the MV Act on the cops. A GD entry was also made since it was the first offence.
If they repeat the offence a second time they will be given a charge memo, and the third time they will be recommended for suspension and departmental enquiry apart from fine. Home Guards will be removed from service if they violate helmet rules thrice,” said city south zone DCP V. Sathyanarayana. Earlier, some photographs of cops riding bikes without helmets had gone viral on social media in Hyderabad.
