Cops make 6 on bike shell out Rs 5,000 each

Coimbatore: A day after a video of six people travelling on a motorcycle on Chinnavedampatti Road in the city went viral on social media, traffic police nabbed and fined them Rs 5,000 each on Friday.

On Thursday, city deputy commissioner of police (traffic) R Mutharasu had formed two special teams led by assistant commissioner of police (traffic) Saravanan to trace the vehicle and the six people for violating traffic norms. The teams detained K Gokulan, 31 and S Sakthvel, 29, both natives of Dharmapuri; N Vijayakumar of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh; M Selva, 38, of Thiruvannamalai; D Tamilselvan, 36, of Edayarpalayam in Coimbatore; and S Manikandan, 26, of Pudukkottai, on Friday in connection with the incident.

“They were wall painters and construction workers, who were staying in rental rooms at Chinnavedampatti and surrounding areas. They travelled on a single motorcycle to show their heroism,” Mutharasu said. The six were produced before the judicial magistrate court-VIII, which slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 each on them and seized the motorcycle.

Police said Gokulan had bought the motorcycle through an online platform and had not transferred the ownership to his name. He was the fourth owner of the vehicle. “The previous two owners too hadn’t done the name transfer. People selling vehicles should ensure that buyers are transferring the vehicle to their names. Otherwise, the seller would have to face inquiry for the offences that the buyers commit.”