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Hyderabad: The Langar House Police Station has registered a criminal case and apprehended the accused, Arif Khan, for allegedly using a forged registration plate on his vehicle.
According to officials, the legitimate owner of a Honda Activa bearing registration number TS13EX3358 approached the traffic police after receiving illegal traffic challans against his vehicle.
During the investigation, authorities found that the accused had replaced his vehicle’s original registration number with TS13EX3358 to mislead authorities.
Due to the misuse of the fake number plate, 12 traffic challans have been wrongly issued to the actual vehicle owner.
A case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act. Further investigation is going on.
Authorities warned that using fake or tampered number plates is a serious, punishable offence.
This post was last modified on February 20, 2026 10:09 pm