Shillong, Jan. 13 -- Meghalaya Police today arrested a Traffic warden for forcing a group of tourists from Assam's Cachar district to cough up Rs. one lakh as "fine" for driving his car into a no-entry zone.
The Traffic warden, identified as Reganson Kharlor (35), a trained Meghalaya Home Guard, was arrested after a video went viral, showing him threatening the occupants of a car bearing registration number AS-01-F-1460, using abusive language and demanding a fine of Rs. one lakh for alleged violation of traffic rules.
"Kharlor almost got dashed by the vehicle, chased it, and then intercepted it at Happy Valley Bazar, where he demanded Rs. 1,00,000 and later settled for Rs. 15,000," Vivek Syiem, the district police chief of East Khasi Hil...