In a special drive on Thursday, the city traffic police booked 863 autorickshaw drivers, who refused to go on hire or were found to be charging excessive fare.

Following a series of complaints, teams of traffic police were deployed at various parts of the city, who posed as passengers and caught the drivers red handed.

The drivers wee slapped notices to appear before the jurisdictional courts and pay fines. The vehicles were seized. Such drives would continue in future to monitor erring drivers, M.A. Saleem, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) said.