Sisodia 'takes the backseat' as his driver gets speeding ticket

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s car was found overspeeding by Traffic Police who fined his driver in North-East Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area. The cops detected his car on an interceptor on June 12 and sent a message to the next junction to stop it. The official car was driven by Sisodia’s driver Mahesh Kumar while the Minister was in the backseat with a security guard. Police told The Pioneer that the Minister was calm and never resisted while the officials issued his driver the challan of `400. 

“Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was travelling inside the car which was stopped by the traffic policemen and a challan of `400 was issued for overspeeding,” said Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander, adding that his officers just did their duty.The entire incident took place on June 12 around 5.30 pm when the Minister was en route to an official meeting. 

After intimation by the Khajuri Chowk officials on wireless, constable Sachin immediately swung into action and started chasing the Minister’s car. The two zonal officer also who followed the Minister’s car. After chasing the car for about 2 km, the cops managed to bring the car to a halt after the Wazirabad Bridge and a fine of `400 under sections 112 and 183 of the Motor Vehicles Act was imposed on the driver. The traffic policemen were unaware of the fact that Sisodia was sitting in the backseat of the car until the car was stopped, said a police officer. 

Meanwhile, AAP leader Ashutosh came out in support of Sisodia and commended him for paying the fine. “Salute to Manish Sisodia, Deputy CM, for paying challan to Traffic Police. Don’t remember BJP/Congress leaders ever doing  this,” he said in his tweet. later he took down the tweet.