Around 2,500 motorists fined on Holi

Around 2,500 motorists were challaned for drunken driving and their licences seized in the national capital during Holi and the evening preceding the festival as the police conducted a special drive.

The Delhi police booked more than 5,600 motorists between 8 am and 4 pm for offences ranging from speeding and drunken driving to riding without helmet. While 1,941 persons were booked on Holi for drunken driving, 558 were challaned for the same offence Thursday evening within a few hours after the drive had started. “In drunken driving cases, the licence of the offenders is seized for three months in keeping with a Supreme Court order,” said special commissioner of police (traffic) Muktesh Chander.

Apart from drunken driving, 313 persons were prosecuted for speeding, 218 for dangerous driving, 2,129 for riding without helmet, 499 for triple riding, etc., the police said.