India, June 24 -- The Noida traffic police fined an e-rickshaw for Rs.22,500 after a video purportedly showing it dangerously overloaded with goods surfaced on social media, said traffic police, adding that it related to a place near Parthala Chowk on the Faridabad Noida Ghaziabad (FNG) Expressway, officials said on Monday.

In the 15-second video that went viral on social media, a passerby is heard remarking that the e-rickshaw resembled a mini truck due to the excessive and haphazardly loaded goods.

HT, however, could not verify the video clip's authenticity.

"We have identified the e-rickshaw through its registration number and issued a challan under Section 184 (dangerous driving) and Section 179(1) (disobedience of official directi...