One may not believe it, but a woman of Cuttack was reportedly penalised for driving her car without a helmet!

The matter came to fore after Shradha Das, a student of the National Law University (NLU) here, brought the matter to the notice of the Cuttack (Regional Transport Officer (RTO) and the Road Transport and Commerce Department through a Tweet.

As per Das’s allegation, on June 25, she received a computer-generated e-Challan as against a fine of Rs 100 on the charge of driving without a helmet. The vehicle bearing number-OD05AN4555 was found to be her car. Moreover, she alleged that neither she nor anyone of her family was driving the car on the date mentioned in the e-Challan.

“This is a false case. Moreover, I got to know that such computer-generated e-Challans have been sent to a lot of people with no fault of theirs. This is a pure case of mismanagement which will lead to defrauding of people,” Das said.

The RTO later accepted the blunder, saying the officer concerned selected the wrong narration by mistake though selecting the correct section of offence in the dropdown box.

An explanation has also been sought from the officer concerned, the RTO added.

“The correct narration but in this case while selecting the narration the officer has selected wrong narration and selected the correct section of offence i.e 177.

This is not deliberate; however, the officers have been instructed to be more careful while selecting the narration,” the RTO replied in a Tweet.