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Liquor traders will buy the vehicle and reuse it for liquor
300 Luxury Car Confiscation Act
Ahmedabad, 27 August 2024
The law was amended in February 2024 to raise revenue by auctioning vehicles confiscated after drug smuggling. But it was not brought then and now it was brought in the 3-day monsoon session and passed in a hurry. Gujarat Narcotics Control Act 1949 Amendment Bill introduced in Gujarat Assembly.
Vehicles caught in liquor smuggling are auctioned and reused for liquor smuggling. The government has come up with a new law which will reduce the number of vehicles but the purpose will not be achieved. Every year 11 people are caught in liquor smuggling. The bootlegger buys this scrap vehicle cheaply in the auction and starts smuggling liquor in it.
The BJP government of Gujarat has made a law to allow auction of vehicles caught for violating prohibition. BJP is not a party that makes laws without profit.’ According to BJP leaders, this amendment has been made to benefit those sitting in the government. 300 luxury cars confiscated for violating prohibition are lying in the police station. BJP leaders and officials have their eyes on this luxurious car. These cars will not be taken directly, so now the law will be amended and these cars will be given to BJP supporters.
According to the Narcotics Amendment Bill in the Legislative Assembly, the liquor act will be auctioned to facilitate the police process and to control the criminals, so that the vehicles used for alcohol smuggling are not reused and the vehicles are not left in police stations or courts. .
There is also a discussion in the police that common people will not participate in the auction of the controversial car, but the liquor smugglers will continue to take this car as junk.
The Narcotics Amendment Bill has been passed to use the income obtained from the immediate auction of the vehicles of bootleggers caught with alcohol in public schemes. Vehicles confiscated by bootleggers should not be taken by common people.
How much will the government earn by auctioning such junk vehicles? Vehicles are more expensive than liquor. Another clumsy decision of the government has started a protest in the police system.
Police seized 22,442 vehicles in two years.
In the last two years, the police have seized 22,442 vehicles. About 7213 vehicles are lying in the police station. The right to auction these vehicles has been given to the DYSP level officer. There is a controversy in the police system regarding this decision of the government.
If it is a stolen vehicle and liquor is caught, then the owner is called and a statement is recorded. At this time, if FRI is reported to have happened, then it is registered. In such a situation, to get the vehicle, the owner will have to take the vehicle back through the court.
Vehicles caught in liquor smuggling are used the most. If the bank comes to collect the vehicle due beyond the due date and finds that its price is more than the installment, then the bank also does not let it go.
Most of the vehicles are condemned and have run many kilometers beyond the prescribed limit. Cars with two lakh or more kilometers are used in liquor smuggling. To avoid getting caught, cars are driven after adding alcohol or other intoxicants. In such a situation, the police use a condom-like car to avoid the possibility of an accident with high speed. Should such a car or vehicle be auctioned sooner or later? The question is that the police makes a difference. The police is aware that 80 percent of the vehicles used in liquor smuggling are in the name of the owner. Liquor smugglers take a car on loan and convert it into a travel vehicle, after which the Bishroi gang buys such a car or vehicle by putting a fake number plate and smuggles liquor. But when the vehicle is caught, the police investigates on the basis of engine and chassis number.
80 percent of the vehicles caught in liquor smuggling are in the name of the original owner. However, most of these vehicles have high finance installments. In car taxis taken on installments, the installment is not reimbursed after a certain time period. After this, such a vehicle is bought by someone associated with the liquor smuggler without transferring the ownership of the vehicle. Apart from this, the business of tampering with stolen vehicles also goes on. The responsibility of selling such vehicles has been given to the DYSP.
The police fear that a hasty auction may lead to legal disputes. If the court orders in any case, then the money of the auctioned vehicle will have to be deposited in the bank along with interest. In the state, the DYSP is responsible for the auction of vehicles and subsequent proceedings. Entrusted to officers of the rank.
There is a discussion that the officers doing dual duty of supervisor and field work will have additional responsibility and they will work without leisure.
The amended law will slightly increase the functioning of the police and courts.
The vehicles used in liquor and animal smuggling are junk.
More than 300 luxury cars are lying in different police stations of the state. According to police sources, the cost of luxury cars caught in liquor and cattle smuggling is Rs 40 lakh or more. Deadly meter means two lakh kilometers or more. It is said that out of the cars which have reached a junk-like condition, less than half of them can be used for smuggling.
It has been seized while being used. In this case, the seized car is sold at the price of scrap when it is auctioned.
Vehicle scrapped
The vehicle scrap policy was first implemented by Modi from Gujarat but it was not implemented.
30 thousand vehicles are falling in police stations, police seized the vehicles and returned them
Since no police station is being built there
1 lakh vehicles are scrap in AMTS, ST, police stations, government offices
3000 buses of ST will have to be taken to the scrap yard.
Gandhinagar Police has 1800 vehicles worth Rs 31 crore.
7 thousand vehicles worth Rs 50 crore have been deposited in Ahmedabad.
10 thousand vehicles worth Rs 22 crore have been deposited in Surat district.
Rs 3 crore 1500 have been deposited in Vadodara.
2 thousand vehicles worth Rs 10 crore have been deposited in Rajkot. A total of 10 thousand vehicles are falling in other districts.
Gujarat has the highest number of vehicles in the country.
15 years ago
15 years ago, about 300 vehicles were breaking down outside 14 police stations in Ahmedabad city. Today, after the police confiscate expensive vehicles, the owners are also not interested in taking the vehicle back due to some legal loopholes.
Vehicle theft
19,326 vehicles stolen in 3 years. The maximum number of 16922 two-wheelers were stolen. Only 10 thousand were returned. Those who are caught remain in the police station for years. Shri
New vehicles
Gujarat has 2.10 crore two-wheelers and 39.13 lakh cars, 51 lakh vehicles increased in five years. 5 thousand new vehicles are purchased every day.
Number of vehicles in Gujarat
Year Number of vehicles (in crores)
2017-18 – 2.38
2018-19 – 2.52
2019-20 – 2.67
2020-21 – 2.77
2021-22 – 2.89
2022-23 – 3 crores
(Google translation from Gujarati)
