Overview
- Hyderabad and Cyberabad police reported a growing pattern of cloned or missing number plates and stepped up citywide checks over the past two days.
- A sweep in the KPHB area found at least a dozen two-wheelers with no plates, with more seized elsewhere as some riders tried to dodge traffic fines and loan recovery agents.
- Investigators arrested Shaik Mustafa, 29, after Abids Police said he used a fake plate to evade penalties and finance agents, and they booked him under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Traffic police urged owners who spot misuse to report it through the e-challan website, the official helpdesk email, or the WhatsApp helpline so video evidence can correct wrongful challans.
- Earlier this week, cameras and ANPR helped trace two cloning cases to V Suresh Kumar in Jubilee Hills and to Shaik Abbu Baba and his relative Shaik Rihaan in a Kukatpally case after victims reported fines they did not incur.