Hyderabad, May 1 -- The city police apprehended a 26-year-old man for allegedly using a fake registration number plate on his two-wheeler to avoid traffic violation fines.

According to the Hyderabad Traffic Police, the accused, identified as Nagaraj, a resident of Ameerpet, was found using a counterfeit number plate on his Yamaha FZ bike during routine enforcement checks. He had replaced his original vehicle registration number (KA03KS5500) with a fake number (KA34ES3047) in an attempt to mislead authorities.

Police said the accused committed multiple traffic violations while using the fake plate, resulting in e-challans being wrongly issued to the actual owner of the vehicle bearing number KA34ES3047. The legitimate owner, identified a...