India, Nov. 12 -- Gurugram traffic police have impounded 1,135 vehicles for plying without number plates between November 1 and November 10 as part of a special enforcement drive across key stretches in the city. Traffic police teams have been conducting checks to identify such vehicles and impounding them instead of merely issuing challans, officials said on Wednesday.

The traffic police said that vehicles without number plates pose a security concern as their identities become difficult to establish in the event of road accidents or criminal incidents. Such vehicles also have a greater chance of being used in criminal activities, the police said.

The drive is part of a wider traffic enforcement campaign launched on October 9, under wh...