Dhoni fined Rs 500 for violating traffic rules

RANCHI: Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was fined Rs 500 on Tuesday for violating traffic rules. The vintage bullet BSA Gold Star DBD 34 (MHP-6518), which he rode on the city streets on Monday, violated Motor Vehicle Act guidelines pertaining to display and use of numberplate, Ranchi traffic police said on Tuesday. Traffic SP Kartik said Dhoni was fined Rs 500 under section122/179 of MVI act in the evening. "Dhini's family has paid the fine and said he violated the rules due to ignorance," he said.

MVI Act says a vehicle should have its registration number displayed horizontally without obstruction on its rear and front. Dhoni's bike did not have its registration number displayed horizontally in the front, instead the number was written in a vertical plate attached onto the mudguard of the front wheel. Traffic SP Kartik S said: "The photo of the vehicle (published in newspapers) was brought to my notice. It seems that the rules related to display of numberplate have been violated."

Trying to play down the matter, Karthik said, "It is a civil law and not criminal," he added. He said appropriate fine would be slapped against Dhoni. The fine would be around Rs 100, the traffic SP said.

Dhoni had taken a tour of his native town on his bike without armed escort for around three hours. Dhoni wore a Japanese company manufactured motor-sport helmet, but did not worry about the numberplate, which caught the traffic cop's attention a day later.

Dhoni, his wife Salshi and daughter left for Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon for the IPL inauguration ceremony. Police is likely to send the notice for fine to his house.

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