After paying the money to the Ahmedabad Regional Transport Office (RTO), the car owner Ranjit Desai took back his impounded car from the city traffic police station on last day after producing the RTO payment receipt. The car has been detained by the police from November 2019.
Ahmedabad Traffic Police shared the photo of the RTO receipt on its Twitter handle and claimed that the fine of rupees 27.68 lakh was the highest ever in India. RTO slaps a fine of total rupees 27.68 Lakh on Porsche Car which was detained during a routine check by Ahmedabad Traffic West Police for not having required documents. These amount was one of the highest fine amount levied in the country ever.
As per the receipt, the car owner paid rupees 16 lakh towards motor vehicle tax, rupees 7.68 lakh as interest on that unpaid tax and rupees 4 lakh as penalty.
This car was imported in 2017. Though the owner had initially registered the vehicle in Haryana, the number plates were missing when the car was impounded. Since the car is now in Gujarat, the RTO calculated the life time tax, interest on unpaid tax and penalty at rupees 7.68 lakh. The owner took back his car on last day after showing the receipt.