The Mumbai Traffic police has started taking stringent action against those sporting illegal number plates on their vehicles.

Earlier, police used to take action when they physically spotted vehicles with such plates. Now, they will monitor CCTV camera footage and if they spot such numbers in footage, they will take action as per the Motor Vehicles Act. Illegal plates include those that say Mama, Dada, BhaU, BOSS, AAI, to make it look attractive. Action will start from today.