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Prisoner on bail arrested using two cars with same number plate
Ferozepur, September 30, 2019: In a bizarre case, the Ferozepur police arrested two persons including a prisoner on bail for using two identical cars with the exact same registration numbers.
The Indian automobile market is one of the biggest markets in the world. Every month, lakhs of new vehicles are registered through various RTOs in the country. All the new registration numbers are allotted after taking details like chassis number, colour, model name and more. Every new vehicle that gets a new registration number is unique. However, here is a bizarre case where two identical cars from the same area received the exact same registration numbers.
A tip-off was received during the patrolling by police team headed by Sharma Singh, SI that a prisoner on bail identified as Vishal alias Mangi resident of Ferozepur City along with his friend Satnam of village Changali Jadid under Mallanwala police station, are making thefts by dodging the people by putting identical number – PB07AA 2681 – and presenting stationed in Grain Market Ferozepur City and in the event of immediate raid, both can be arrested with vehicles with same numbers.
There have been cases of duplicate number plates in the past too but this is the first time that two vehicles of similar make, model and colour are using the same registration plates.
Working on the in-put, the police team made a raid and arrested both the accused with two Indigo cars with identical number plates, said Sharma Singh, appointed IO in this case.
In the meanwhile, a case under Sections 420, 379 and 411 IPC has been registered and investigations are on, with special focus on the original owners of the vehicles with their background and the thefts and looting undertaken so far.
Added here, recently all the registration of new vehicles was stopped in India due to the ineffective use of the High-Security Registration Plate (HSRP) in many states. The implementation of HSRP will stop such malpractices. Since the HSRP are specially coded and can only be installed by professionals using special devices.
However, to avoid such incidents, one should always be extra careful when getting a new car. Documents like Registration Certificates should be matched with the car’s details like Chassis Number and VIN number. This is why one should not put blind faith on the dealerships and check such details when buying a new car.