The Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) has directed a group of five youngsters to do social service as punishment for driving a car dangerously and violating traffic rules.
The incident happened on the Kayamkulam-Punalur road on April 28. The MVD initiated action after a video of the group, returning from a marriage reception, emerged in which four of them were seen sitting on the doors of the moving car sticking heads, hands and other body parts out.
MVD officials said that car driver Al Khalid Bin Sajeer, and four others – Afthali Ali, Bilal Nazar, Muhammed Najad and Sajas had been ordered to do community service at the Orthopaedics department in Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha for four days starting from Monday. The group has also been directed to conduct social work for three days at Gandhi Bhavan, Pathanapuram in Kollam. They hail from Alappuzha and Kollam districts.
“This is for their benefit. We hope the punishment in the form of social service will bring about a change in their attitude,” said M.G. Manoj, joint RTO, Mavelikara.
Earlier, the MVD registered a case against them and suspended the driving licence of the car driver. It also took the vehicle into custody and handed it over to Nooranad police.
