PUNE: Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Vishwas Pandhare had to pay a fine of Rs 100 for not wearing his seat belt while driving his private car on Baner Road on Sunday afternoon.

Pandhare paid the fine and also gave a reward of Rs 100 to the police constable and the team on duty for sincerely taking action against those violating traffic rules.

Pandhare told TOI on Sunday afternoon that he was driving his private car towards Baner Road. "I always wear the seat belt while driving the car, but being in a hurry, I forgot to wear it this time," he said.

He said police constable Umesh Devkar, who was manning the traffic on Baner Road, saw his car from a distance and noticed that the driver was not wearing a seat belt. "Devkar stopped my car. When he saw me, he gave me a salute. When I asked him why he had stopped me, he told me that he had seen that I was not wearing the seat belt," Pandhare said.

The senior officer then paid the fine and rewarded the constable.

