Delhi: The Northern Range team of Delhi Traffic Police has registered three FIRs against commercial vehicle operators who were allegedly using fake No Entry Permissions (NEPs) during a special enforcement drive at the capital's border areas on Tuesday, October 27, as Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) remains in force across Delhi-NCR.
Source: Nation Press
The drive was conducted on the directions of Dr Sachin Kumar Singhal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Northern Range. Teams intercepted commercial vehicles at border checkpoints and scrutinised their No Entry Permissions for authenticity. Three vehicles were allegedly found carrying forged permissions, and the operators and vehicles were handed over to the local police for further legal proceedings, according to the police account reported by both outlets.
Source: Mumbai Press
The three cases
In the first case, a vehicle bearing registration DL1LAC3219, driven by Vikram (38), was allegedly using NEP number 221120255308406. FIR No. 622/26 was registered under Section 318(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Alipur police station. In the second case, a Tata Ace, DL1LAQ4160, driven and owned by Santosh, was allegedly using NEP number 10112025S295772, and FIR No. 623/26 was registered under the same section at Alipur.
In the third case, vehicle DL1LAG4982, driven by Gaurav Kumar, was allegedly found using NEP number 19012023S165940. FIR No. 916/26 was registered under Sections 318(2) and 340(2) of the BNS at Samaypur Badli police station. Sections 318(2) and 340(2) pertain to cheating and forgery-related offences. All three cases remain allegations at this stage, and further legal proceedings are under way.
Why the permits matter now
No Entry Permissions allow commercial vehicles to enter restricted zones during specific hours. Forged permissions undermine traffic management and, during GRAP periods, also compromise pollution-control measures, because restricting unauthorised commercial vehicle movement at border entry points is a key part of GRAP Stage I enforcement.
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) invoked GRAP Stage I with effect from October 21, after Delhi's air quality slipped into the 'Poor' category. Delhi's city-level Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 250 at 8 am on Wednesday, October 28, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board's All India AQI portal — firmly in the 'Poor' range. With winter approaching, such border enforcement drives are expected to intensify across Delhi's entry corridors.