The Hyderabad traffic police, had on August 1, launched a 12-point penalty system for violating traffic rules. While the stringent law was appreciated by many, it has also attracted widespread criticism.

Soon after the penalty system was launched, locals started posting pictures of cops violating traffic rules on social media platforms and tagged the state police chief and other senior officers of the law enforcement department.

As per the new system, points will be counted on breaking traffic rules and once its crosses 12-points, the vehicle owner's license will be cancelled. The newly formed state of Telangana has became the first state to have the unique traffic law enforcement system.

The unique social media campaign was started by Amjed Ullah Khan, a former corporator from Old City, after he received a challan for crossing the speed limit. As a law abiding citizen, Amjed Ullah paid Rs 1,400 fine but went to the spot to verify whether there was any speed limit board there and found nothing.

Amjed started posting photos and videos of police officers across the city violating traffic rules. He also tagged the Telangana DGP Anurag Sharma, Hyderabad Commissioner of Police M Mahender Reddy and Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Twitter.Following are a series of tweets Amjed posted:

@TelanganaDGP Ek aur Police Pahelwan spotted at Rajender Nagar Circle,feel the difference on both sides common man wearing Helmet @KTRTRS pic.twitter.com/Nz1ndU7PQJ &; Amjed Ullah Khan MBT (@amjedmbt) August 3, 2017

@TelanganaDGP Traffic Police spotted without Helmet at 4:37 PM on 5/8/07 at Fateh Nagar-Balanagar road. @KTRTRS#PracticeWhatYouPreach pic.twitter.com/Rf2pOMgPXg &; Amjed Ullah Khan MBT (@amjedmbt) August 6, 2017

.@TelanganaDGP police spotted without Helmet at Erragaddat Bazar 11:30 AM on 6th Aug 2017@KTRTRS @CPHydCity @HYDTP #PracticeWhatYouPreach pic.twitter.com/uWWofTp2sF

&; Amjed Ullah Khan MBT (@amjedmbt) August 7, 2017

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