Unable to pay hefty fines imposed by traffic cops under new Motor Vehicles Act, a Rickshaw driver tried to end his life by drinking phenyl in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
The man, identified as Raju Solanki, has been admitted in a hospital. He was unable to pay the challan of Rs 18,000 due to poor financial condition. His rickshaw has been confiscated for not paying penalty amount.
Going by the reports, the 48-year-old rikshaw driver is the lone breadwinner of his family of four and has been unemployed for the past one-and-a-half months.
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The regional transport office (RTO) had issued him a memo of Rs 18,000 over pending third-party insurance since his vehicle was seized.
Since the new Motor Vehicle Act’s provisions came into place on September 1, cases of mammoth challans being imposed by traffic police make headlines every day.
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