The owner of a Porsche 911 sports car paid Rs 27.68 lakhs towards pending taxes, interest, and penalty to get back his car which was seized by Ahmedabad traffic police. The owner of the vehicle took his car back on Tuesday which was impounded in November. The Ahmedabad traffic police shared the picture of the RTO receipt on their Twitter handle. They also claimed that the amount paid as fine was the highest ever in India. "RTO slaps a fine of total Rs 27.68 Lakh on Porsche Car which was detained during a routine check by Ahmedabad Traffic West Police for not having required documents. One of the highest fine amount levied in the country ever," the traffic police tweeted on Wednesday.
The car was stopped at Helmet crossroad on November 28 as it did not have any number plates. On being questioned the driver failed to produce the required documents. Initally a fine of Rs.9.8 lakhs was slapped but when the owner went to pay the money, RTO revived the old records and imposed a heavy penalty of Rs. 27.68 lakhs which is the highest in India. Check out the Twitter details here....