The owner of a private bus in Noida, Uttar Pradesh claimed that he had been issued an online traffic challan with the offence bein mentioned as 'driving without a helmet'.
The challan of Rs 500 was received by the owner of the bus, Nirankar Singh on Sep 11.
A challan has been issued to one of the bus drivers for not wearing a helmet. This bus was used for factory work and school purposes. The challan was received online, said Singh.
The officials, however, claimed that the driver was penalised for not wearing a seat belt, however, the challan was mistakenly issued under wrong category.
However, the police claimed that they had to issue a challan for not wearing a seat belt but 'by mistake' challan was issued for not wearing a helmet.
Bus driver wasn't wearing a seat belt. Challan was mistakenly issued for 'no helmet'. It has been updated with the offence of not wearing a seat belt, Himanshu Tiwari, Additional Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) told ANI.