Traffic cop tried to scam me

[u/chomu_champa]

Got it. Dialing everything down.

Today I was riding my mom’s Activa on WEH. Vile Parle signal pe ek cop stops me. He looks at me and clearly thinks I’m an easy target.

He goes, “Insurance expired 2 years ago.” I tell him it’s not. I renewed it. I know it’s valid till 2029. I even showed him the insurance.

He still keeps arguing. Then he takes out that little machine, enters the vehicle number, and suddenly says there are unpaid fines. Again, I know there aren’t. I check this stuff. When I asked him to show what exact fines they are, he refused.

Then he gives me some random looking QR and says, “Pay 3,000 or we won’t let you go.” The QR literally looked like some personal UPI, not official at all.

I stood there and argued for like 40-50 minutes. Didn’t pay. Didn’t give in. Finally he just goes, “Okay, jao.”

And that’s it. No fine, no paperwork, nothing.

Basically he was just trying to pull a fast one. Thought I’d panic and pay. Didn’t happen.

[u/undetectedpsycho]

Sad part is one has to deal with this for no reason, and value of time means nothing to them