Bengaluru traffic police collect Rs 43.09L fines in one day

Police collect fine from the people who don't follow Covid-19 norms at Kumbaragundi main road, JC Road. Credit: DH File Photo

Resuming random checks to recover pending fines from traffic violators, police on Wednesday mopped up Rs 43.09 lakh and registered 8,362 cases.

B R Ravikanthe Gowda, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), said the drive was conducted on roads where vehicle users often violated traffic rules presuming there would be no cops.

Some of the vehicle users who had not paid the fines in the past were caught breaking the traffic rules again. The pending fine was also collected from them.

"We collected Rs 12.36 lakh in pending dues in 3,697 cases and another Rs 30.65 lakh by registering 4,665 new cases," Gowda said.