The Gurugram Police Department issued a notice to discontinue the practice of stopping vehicles and issuing challans to drivers at night. This comes after the police received several complaints regarding rigorous checking of vehicles at night.
In a letter, dated May 28, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Virendra Vij said that the permission of higher authorities will have to be obtained in a necessary situation only after which the challan can be issued.
“Traffic Inspectors are ordered to command all the employees appointed under them in their jurisdiction that no vehicle should be stopped at night and no challan should be issued. If it is essential to issue a challan to a driver as per the M.V. Act, in that situation, the challan of that vehicle should be issued as per rules only after bringing it to the notice of the concerned gazetted officer/undersigned and obtaining permission,” the aforementioned letter stated as per ANI.
The letter also states that strict actions will be taken against police officials who will not follow the directions.
“The orders should be strictly followed. In case of negligence and carelessness, strict departmental action will be taken against the concerned traffic police officer as per rules with immediate effect,” the letter added.
The department said that the directions were issued after several complaints alleging that the traffic police personnel deployed at night were unnecessarily stopping the vehicles of common people and harassing them.
The DCP also said that the job of the police is to make the lives of common people and drivers easier and to arrange safe routes in case of a road accident.
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