Pune Traffic Police — Unnecessary harrasment

Understand that wearing of helmet is optional and not compulsion in pune city. However, why the traffic dept. is bent on imposing fines while driving two wheeler without helmet. You may not be aware that wearing of helmet creates lot of problems like unable to hear horns from the vehicle behind your vehicle, suffocation due to outside heat, blocking the side view etc.
When in pune city one cannot drive two wheeler at the speed of 15-20 kms due to traffic what is the need of helmet ?
This is absolutely wrong to fine the two wheeler driver.