A Korean vlogger has shared a video of his recent Delhi trip on his YouTube channel called Fitwell. In the video, a traffic policeman can be seen taking cash from a Korean man for allegedly violating traffic rules in New Delhi area. Later, a Twitter user Priya shared the video link and pictures on her account saying that the traffic police officer named “Mahesh Chand” did not even give the foreigner a receipt and fined him Rs 5000. The Delhi Police took cognizance of the complaint and suspended the policeman pending inquiry.
The Twitter post read, “At 21:40 the traffic police officer named “Mahesh Chand” didn’t even give receipt to this foreigner and took Rs 5000 as fine. Please take some action against all of them.” Responding to his post, the Delhi Traffic Police said, “Sir, if found to be true then it is a serious matter. Your complaint has been forwarded to the concerned authorities for investigation and action. You are requested to provide your e-mail ID or contact number to the DM. As the investigating officer may require more information during enquiry.”
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At 21:40 the traffic police officer named “Mahesh Chand”, a corrupt person didn’t even give the receipt to this foreigner and took Rs 5000 as fine. Please take some action against all of them. @dtptraffic @ArvindKejriwal @CPDelhi @narendramodi @Nitin_Gadkari pic.twitter.com/kiTH8T8vfH— Priya (@Miracle2204) 20 July 2023
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Another post by the Delhi Traffic Police mentioned, “Taking cognizance of the social media post, the concerned officer seen in the video has been suspended pending inquiry. Delhi Police has a zero tolerance policy towards corruption.” The video was uploaded on July 20, 2023 and the Twitter post is from the same day.
It is not yet clear what happened, but as seen in the video, somewhere in the New Delhi area, the Korean vlogger was asked to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 for crossing the yellow line at a traffic light. The Korean man obeys the policeman and offers to pay Rs.500.
However, the policeman pointed out that the fine is Rs 5,000, not Rs 500. The man tries to make out as much cash as possible, but says he doesn’t have enough cash to give to the police. The policeman takes some money and gives some money back to the Korean man as they shake hands and the policeman thanks him.
The Korean driver left the scene saying that he did not want to argue with the police in India and according to the police he was short of money. So he paid the police 50,000 won, which is 3200 rupees, as against the initially demanded 78,000 won, which is 5,000 rupees.