Police in Bihar have issued a statement that in an incident a man attempted suicide after he was fined by police for t wearing a helmet as per new Motor Vehicles Act on October 12. As per police, man was identified as Satyam Sinha who tried to commit suicide RNSAV Chowk crossro.

A man attempts to suicide 

Police reported that man tried to set himself on fire. Sinha in a suicide attempt poured petrol on himself and tried to light himself on fire with help of a matchstick, when he was saved. incident was narrated to media by Rajesh Kumar, Traffic Inspector in Purnea. He furr said that Sinha was caught driving his vehicle without his helmet, refore traffic police fined him according to new law. However, Sinha denied to pay fine and started to create a scene. After he threatened to self immolate, he was saved and handed over to police.

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man was harassed by police

According to Sinha’s statement, he h money and constantly requested police t impose fine. He was fine for Rs. 2,000. He accepted that while driving he forgot to wear his helmet and later tried to hurt himself. He furr said that before this he was sent to jail by police. He has faced constant harassment from police. previous pestering led him to take such a big step. He felt mentally tortured by police. 

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What is new MV Act?

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019, came into effect from September 1. new Act was approved by President Ram Nath Kovind in month of August. bill was intended to tighten ro traffic regulations such as allotment of driving licence and impose stricter penalties for violations in an attempt to improve ro safety. act enhanced penalty for several offences, and since its implementation, re have been instances of heavy fines being levied including a Gurugram motorist being penalised Rs 23,000.

Union Ro Transport Minister Nitin Gkari said that “Passing MV Act amendment is a big achievement for our government. high fines will le to transparency, and (will) t result in corruption,” Mr. Gkari said. He ded that he was himself penalised under traffic rules.

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(with inputs from ANI)