Maharashtra chief minister's official cars violated traffic rules 13 times

An RTI query filed by a Mumbai resident has found that two official cars in Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's convoy had violated traffic rules 13 times, PTI reported.

However, the Mumbai traffic police was quick to clarify that the chief minister's convoy is exempt from speeding regulations due to security considerations.

Mumbai-based RTI activist Shakeel Ahmad had sought the information on traffic violations by the chief minister's car.


The traffic police replied saying that one of the offical cars used by the chief minister violated speeding norms five times while the other violated it eight times between January 12 and August 12.

"Traffic challans are auto generated through deployed speed cameras. Convoy vehicles of the CM are exempted from speed limits due to security threat perception," Mumbai Traffic Police said in a statement.

The traffic police added that challans are auto-generated by cameras mounted for enforcement of traffic regulations.

(With inputs from PTI)