Kolkata Traffic Police — Unfair traffic violation fines

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Kolkata

I was recently sent a fine notice of Rs. 500/ for parking my car on one side of the road to buy medicines for my father. It was on 23rdApril at 1pm when traffic was bare minimum and my car caused no obstruction to pedestrians or fellow drivers. Still I was fined under 122(IP)/177MVA. It seems the government treasury is in a sad state and is unable to provide proper salary and benefits to its employees hence the Kolkata Traffic Police have been instructed to collect extra money through this unfair traffic rule violation. They do not dare to show justice to pedestrians who are forced to walk on roads when the footpaths are occupied by immigrant shopkeepers.They fear loosing vote banks of the auto driving unions and inspite of their reckless driving and abdrupt obstruction of other vehicles they seem unaware and don't dare to fine them. So the only chickens they can catch to squeeze out their puja bonus or increments are the general public who are honest tax payers and law abiding citizens. I doubt how much fine they recover or provide justice to the family of those really affected in road accidents or from horrendous crimes. They do not really bother about maintaining law or order. They cling on the law to take benefit on their side and ensure their pockets and families are in order.