Special drives to check vehicle documents

BANGALORE:  The city traffic police have decided to strictly enforce traffic rules rather than booking more number of violation cases. At a press conference held on Wednesday, City Police Commissioner B G Jyothiprakash Mirji was apprised about the hardships that vehicle users are facing due to routine check of documents by traffic police. Later, he decided to carry out special drives to check documents rather than doing it on a daily basis.“It will be ensured that traffic cops won’t trouble vehicle users by unnecessarily stopping them. In future, we will inform the public about the special drives in advance through media and they will checked only during the drives,” he assured. He also said that the traffic police would be instructed to be visible near the signals instead of hiding and catching the offenders.  “This would make the vehicle user to think twice before violating the rules,” he added.Dr T A Saleem, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic and Security), said that the department has plans to stop booking cases on roads in the next three years.  “Most of the offenders, who are sent violation notice to their doorsteps, are not paying penalty. However, we are trying to stop the practice of stopping vehicle users. In a few years, there would be no direct contact between the offenders and the policemen, but they would be sent notice for the violation by utilising technology,” Dr Saleem said. Robbery at Jewellery StoreTwo bike-borne miscreants, covering their faces with helmets, robbed Chemmanur Jewellers on S M Road in Jalahalli by sprinkling pepper spray and assaulting the staff and a few customers. The miscreants escaped with about 200 grams of gold jewels on Wednesday night.According to police, the miscreants who came on Pulsar bike first attacked security guard Ambarish with an iron rod and then sprinkled pepper spray on other staff and customers. After assaulting them, they took away three trays of gold ornaments and sped away on bike. Their visuals, captured in the closed circuit cameras, are blur. Showroom  Manager Wilson said it was opened just three months ago and there were ten people during the robbery committed within a minute.