Driven by deception
A family in Andhra Pradesh is facing legal and financial stress after their motorcycle, stolen nearly a decade ago, began racking up traffic violation fines in Hyderabad. The situation highlights the complications of vehicle theft and the lack of formal reporting.
Every time an e-challan arrived on his phone, Praveen Kumar Reddy feared the worst. The notices carried the registration number of his family’s motorcycle that had vanished nearly a decade earlier, even though the traffic violations were being committed hundreds of kilometres away in Hyderabad. What began as a puzzling notice soon turned into a nightmare. If someone was using the motorcycle to rack up fines, what would happen if it was involved in a serious crime?
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