Modified car owners have had a bit of a tough time in India lately. Another owner, of a modified Maruti 1000, was issued notices for her car in a garage in Mumbai, where she had sent it for getting the windscreen repaired, according to a report in Mumbai Mirror. Apparently, the car violates certain norms set by regional transport department. In light of this incident, we look back at the other such occurrences of modifications gone wrong in the country.
Maruti 1000
Recently, flying squads of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Andheri and Vashi visited Vishnu Garage -- where Heera, a filmmaker, had parked her 'strange looking' car for repairs due to the cracked windshield - to take a closer look at the car.
A close examination of the car's registration records revealed that it was a 1991 make Maruti 1000 and registered in the name of a certain Devraj Kothari, a Mulund resident, who is no more alive.
The officiating policemen said that the car was in violation of the Motor Vehicles Act on multiple counts -- the body shell of the car had been cut, reducing its length; the A, B and C pillars of the vehicle had been altered; the four-door vehicle had been converted into a two-door one etc.
Mahindra Scorpio
Earlier this month, the Navi Mumbai deputy RTO's office seized two Scorpios that they say have been illegally modified into Hummer Limousine vehicles. RTO officials said that such modifications are not permitted as per the Motor Vehicle Act.
These vehicles have also been seized from Vashi and Andheri where they had been rented out for functions.
The vehicles, with Gujarat registration numbers, reportedly belong to NWT Limo International from Anand, Gujarat, which RTO officials said is owned by two people Nazirbhai and Gulambhai of Gujarat.
Honda Accord
Flying squad of Nagpur RTO detained a Honda Accord modified into a stretch limousine near Wadi check post on Amravati road, in December last year. As per the RTO officials, the car was modified without taking permission from Automobile Research Association of India (ARAI).
Initially, the driver of the car refused to cooperate but later intimated the car's owner Jasdeeb Singh Bhasin. He had given the car on rent for a marriage function. Bhasin has been booked under sections 207 of Motor Vehicles Act.
Deputy RTO Vijay Chavhan said that he will inspect the vehicle on Friday. But preliminary inspection shows that the vehicle was modified and stretched to around six metres. He, however, ruled out that the vehicle will be released as it was modified without ARAI permission.
Toyota Qualis
Traffic cops seized a converted car from a Dongri man, in 2010, who was not aware that it is illegal to modify vehicle without requisite permission.
He thought passers-by would stop and gawk in admiration as he zipped past the city's streets. Instead, his 'modified' car caught the attention of a cop and that got him in trouble.
Khalid Qureshi's desire to flaunt an indigenously-made Limousine landed him in trouble. The Mumbai Central RTO seized a Toyota Qualis (DL 2C M 8665), which had been modified into a Limousine and was being driven by Qureshi in Dongri.
According to RTO officials, Qureshi was testing the vehicle before buying it from its Delhi-based owner. "The vehicle had been converted into a luxury limousine. It had all the trappings of a luxury vehicle -- bucket seats, good leg space, DVD, LCD screen, space for a refrigerator et al," said an RTO officer.
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