18 July,2026 05:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
According to the police, the incident took place on July 16, 2026, near Veg Treat Legacy Hotel on L.T. Road in Borivali West. Pic/Special Arrangement
A routine no-parking enforcement drive by the Borivali Traffic Police led to the detection of a car allegedly fitted with a fake registration number plate, resulting in a criminal case against its driver.
According to the police, the incident took place on July 16, 2026, near Veg Treat Legacy Hotel on L.T. Road in Borivali West.
While towing vehicles parked in a no-parking zone, traffic personnel found a Suzuki WagonR bearing registration number MH-01-DT-8876. When officials contacted the registered owner through the e-challan system, the owner reportedly stated that his vehicle bearing the same registration number was already with him, raising suspicion that the parked WagonR was using a cloned number plate.
The matter was immediately reported to senior officers, who instructed the team to detain anyone who came to claim the vehicle.
Later, traffic police personnel located a man searching for the car on Chandavarkar Road and brought him to Borivali Police Station for questioning. He identified himself as Saurav Anil Jaiswal (26), a resident of Dombivli.
During interrogation, Jaiswal allegedly failed to produce the vehicle's registration documents and admitted that the car's original registration number was MH-46-BK-7583. Police further found that the WagonR's engine and chassis numbers corresponded to the original vehicle and that the registration plate MH-01-DT-8876 had allegedly been affixed fraudulently.
Police alleged that the fake number plate was used to conceal the vehicle's identity and evade detection by law enforcement agencies, traffic authorities, the Regional Transport Office (RTO), financiers, and other government agencies, as well as to avoid liability if the vehicle was involved in accidents or other offences.
Based on the complaint, Borivali Police have registered a case against Saurav Anil Jaiswal for allegedly using a forged vehicle registration number. Further investigation is underway.
