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CHANDIGARH: A 21-year-old city youth got the shock of his life when he found that he has 189 traffic challans pending against him, issued between 2017 and 2019, with the latest being issued on July 26 this year for taking a wrong U-turn.

The offender, identified as Sanju, is a resident of Sector 39, Chandigarh and works in an insurance company. On July 26, he was stopped by the traffic cops for taking a wrong U-turn at the light point of Sector 33-34 and issued a challan with a fine of Rs 300.

But, when the challan reached the Chandigarh district court, the record showed that there are 189 challans pending against this person’s motorcycle. All these challans have been issued through traffic violation information slip (TVIS) system during 2017-2019.

He said he never got any information about these challans. What surprised him more were the challans issued in 2017, whereas he had purchased his motorcycle only about one-and-half years ago.

The TVIS challans are usually issued on the basis of violations caught on CCTVs and these challans are sent on the registered address of the vehicle owner by post.

