Gurugram, Nov. 11 -- Gurugram Traffic Police have impounded two motorcycles carrying 73 pending traffic challans with outstanding fines totalling Rs 2.78 lakh, exposing repeated violations involving helmet use, vehicle insurance and pollution certification, officials said on Wednesday.

The violations came to light during a routine vehicle-checking drive conducted by a team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Yudhvir, zonal officer at Wazirabad Chowk.

Police said verification of the vehicles' records revealed that one motorcycle had 44 pending challans totalling Rs 1,77,500 in fines, while the second had 29 challans totalling Rs 1,00,500 in fines.

Most of the violations involved riding without helmets, operating vehicles without valid insuranc...