In UP, wear helmet in car or else you may get challaned!

New Delhi, May 26: If you do not wear a helmet while driving a two wheeler, you will get challaned, but do you know, even while driving a car you need to wear a helmet?

A bizarre incident happened in Meerut where a man driving car was challaned for not wearing a helmet.

Cops in Meerut put the car's registration number on the challan receipt for not wearing a helmet.

As per a TOI report, "The incident happened in the Hasanpur area of the city on Sunday evening when Shailender Singh, 43, was stopped by a traffic police officer, who asked to see his car's papers. According to Singh, all his vehicle documents were in order, yet the cop refused to let him go."

"I was getting late as I had to take my 4-month-old son to a doctor but the cop kept holding my car for some reason. After I had a heated discussion with him, he, to my surprise, challaned me for not wearing a helmet. This is ridiculous. I never knew I had to don a helmet while driving a car," Shailender was quoted as saying in the daily's report.

Shivraj Singh, the traffic cop said that it was just a technical mistake and instead of issuing a challan for talking on mobile, it was issued for not wearing a helmet by mistake.

The aggrieved later approached the senior superintendent of police (SSP), DC Dubey who has said that if the incident is true then appropriate action will be taken and thus, has ordered an enquiry into the matter.

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