Vizag police crush 142 modified bike silencers

Police also destroyed the 270 mobile-holders fitted on bikes, seized 89 high beam lights and also seized 40 bikes for various traffic violations

Visakhapatnam: Issuing a strict warning to the errant motorists, Vizag city police destroyed as many as 142 modified loud silencers (exhaust pipes of two-wheelers) using a bulldozer, during a programme here in Vizag city on Tuesday morning.

The modified silencers were seized from the two-wheelers in a recent drive by the traffic police at various locations.Besides the modified silencers, the police also destroyed the 270 mobile-holders fitted on bikes and seized 89 high beam lights. The police also seized 40 bikes for various traffic violations.Vizag city police chief Dr Shankabratha Bagchi stated they have received complaints from the various sections of people, including the senior citizens and people suffering heart-related ailments over excessive noise and air pollution caused by motorcycles fitted with unauthorized exhaust systems.

Special teams have been formed to identify the violators, and action will be initiated against them, he added.The police have observed that some youngsters have been removing company-fitted silencers from bikes such as Royal Enfield, Duke, and other high-end bikes in the city and replacing them with modified silencers that produce loud noise and cause inconvenience to the public. Besides the violators, we will also identify the sellers of those silencers, the police added.