Rapper Badshah flouts traffic rules in Gurugram, police issue Rs 15,000 challan
Gurugram, Dec 17: Gurugram Traffic Police has issued a challan of Rs 15,000 after a Mahindra Thar carrying popular rapper Badshah was found driving on the wrong side of the road, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on the evening of December 15 when Badshah went to the Airia Mall on Sohana Road to make a special appearance in a concert by Punjabi singer Karan Aujla, police said.
The SUV in which the singer was present is registered in the name of Deepender Malik, a resident of Panipat.
Due to long traffic, the SUV, along with two other cars part of Badshah's convoy, drove on the wrong side of the road, catching the attention of some passersby who filmed the act.
As a video of the incident went viral on social media, the traffic police took note of it and issued a challan of Rs 15,000 on Monday.
"A challan has been issued and action has been taken for driving on the wrong side, rash driving, and playing loud music in the vehicle," a traffic inspector said.
The Gurugram Traffic Police later issued an official statement warning people that "if you drive on the wrong side, you will have to pay a heavy fine".
As per the statement, on December 15, a video of three cars driving on the wrong side to reach the Airia Mall was circulated widely on social media.
"During investigation, three vehicles were found travelling on the wrong side of the road. Rapper Badshah was seen getting down from one of the cars, which has been detected and challaned as per the rules under the Motor Vehicles Act. A search is on to detect the other two cars, and action will be taken as per the rules," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Virender Vij, said.
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West Bengal: Cold conditions likely to abate from weekend
Kolkata (PTI): Cold conditions are likely to abate in West Bengal from this weekend, with an increase in the minimum temperatures across all districts by two to three notches, the IMD said on Wednesday.
Dry weather is likely to prevail in the state with the possibility of fog during morning hours over the next five days, it said.
Dense fog is likely in the sub-Himalayan districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar on some days, while shallow to moderate fog will occur in other places of the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
It said that cold conditions are likely to abate across the state from Sunday, with the possibility of an increase in minimum temperatures by two to three degrees Celsius, the Met said.
The upper reaches of Darjeeling were the coldest place in the state on Wednesday morning at 3 degrees Celsius, while the hill town recorded a minimum temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius, it said.
Sriniketan was the coldest place in the state's plains, recording 8.7 degrees Celsius, closely followed by Cooch Behar and Bankura, both places recording 8.9 degrees Celsius, the IMD data said.
The other places that recorded significantly low temperatures were Jalpaiguri (9.6), Kalyani (9.8), Baharampur (10.2) and Medinipur (11.1).
Kolkata recorded a minimum temperature of 13.7 degrees Celsius, the IMD said.
