A motorcyclist was on Friday arrested for pasting a ‘police’ tag on his vehicle without authorisation.
The accused, who has been identified as Gaurav Verma, is a resident of Mohalla Teliyan, Faridkot.
Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Ashwani Kumar stated that they noticed the man riding a motorcycle carrying the said tag at the check post near Jain Temple Chowk, Dhandran.
Upon enquiry, the individual failed to give a satisfactory response, following which a case under Section 171 (wearing garb or carrying a public servant token with fraudulent intent) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at the Sadar police station.
Notably, the commissioner of police had imposed a ban on pasting any tags bearing credentials of police, army and VIP positions on vehicles without authority citing the possibility of criminals taking advantage.