India, Sept. 9 -- A scooter with pending challans worth Rs.2.06 lakh - more than double its purchase price - was impounded by Gurugram traffic police on Monday during a wrong-side driving check near the police commissioner's office on Old Gurugram Road, officials said.

Inspector Mahavir Singh's team stopped the rider of a Honda Activa who was driving in the wrong direction. When officials entered the registration number into the database, they found 27 pending fines amounting to Rs.1.89 lakh, issued for multiple traffic violations.

DCP (traffic) Rajesh Kumar Mohan said the scooter was immediately impounded under Section 167(8) of the Motor Vehicles Act, and another challan of Rs.16,500 was imposed for wrong-side driving and not having a...