DODA, May 3 (The Chenab Times) – The Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir’s Chenab Valley, suspended a driving license and issued show cause notices to 16 drivers on Saturday for violations under the Motor Vehicles Act, following reports of offenses, including one captured in a viral social media video, according to documents obtained by The Chenab Times.
The license of the driver of vehicle JK06B3857, identified by license number JK06 20200001018, was suspended for six months effective May 3, after an offense was reported via a social media platform, the ARTO office stated in a document reviewed by The Chenab Times. The suspension, ordered by ARTO Abrar Ahmed Kripak, aligns with a Supreme Court-appointed road safety committee’s recommendation of a minimum three-month suspension for offenses such as overloading.
In a separate public notice, also obtained by The Chenab Times, the ARTO directed 16 drivers to respond within seven days to show cause notices issued on May 2 for unspecified traffic violations. Failure to comply will result in license suspensions of at least three months under Section 19 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and Rule 21 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
The drivers and their vehicle registration numbers are: Zaffrullah Khan (JK063049), Bipen Lal (JK062864), Sajad Ahmed (JK06C7786), Mohd Aslam (PB02CB7703), Basharat Hussain (JK02BD8287), Mohd Yaseen (JK065447), Sandeep Singh Bandral (JK06B2128), Karamat Ullah (JK02BB7877), Mohd Amin (DL1LAH1173), Touseef Ahmed Batt (JK02DA3984), Saqib Abbas (JK06C2928), Mansoor Ahmed Ahanger (GA03AL3027), Vijay Kumar (JK02BR9919), Mohit Sharma (GA11T3736), Noor Mohd (JK17A8905), and Zahid Iqbal Misger (JK02BC6787).
Copies of both orders were sent to the Transport Commissioner of J&K, the Deputy Commissioner of Doda, the Regional Transport Officer in Jammu, and the District Information Officer in Doda for information and publicity.
The Chenab Times News Desk