A stunning incident got here to mild in Bengaluru, the IT hub of India. A luxurious Ferrari proprietor was made to pay a ₹1.42 crore penalty for evading highway tax. The automobile in query is price over ₹7.5 crore. It was intercepted by Regional Transport Workplace (RTO) officers on Thursday, July 3, morning in Karnataka’s capital.
Registered in Maharashtra, the automobile proprietor had reportedly paid a meagre ₹20 lakh in tax, however the automobile was being utilized in Karnataka with out correct registration since September 2023, Information Bytes reported.
The mannequin recognized as Ferrari SF90 Stradale was taken into custody close to Lalbagh area for dodging Karnataka’s lifetime highway tax. A discover was issued declaring that if the dues usually are not cleared, the automobile can be seized beneath the Motor Automobiles Act. Bengaluru South RTO officers gave only a few hours’ allowance to the proprietor and requested him to clear the dues by the night.
After the automobile was flagged by native RTO officers for snubbing state dues, the proprietor was made to settle the complete quantity on the identical day to launch the automobile, Occasions Of India reported.
‘Automobile registered in Maharashtra two years in the past’
“In Maharashtra, tax on such automobiles is a flat ₹20 lakh, however in Karnataka, it quantities to almost ₹1.5 crore. The automobile was registered in Maharashtra two years in the past. Round 8.30 AM on Thursday, the motive force was cruising close to Lalbagh. Once we stopped the automobile and requested for paperwork, he mentioned they had been at house. Later, we verified the registration,” the information outlet quoted an official as saying.
In keeping with Karnataka’s lifetime tax rule, out-of-state autos are permitted to ply on roads with out paying tax for one yr, after which house owners of the automobiles registered exterior the state should pay the relevant tax in any other case the autos can be seized. In keeping with RTO officers the automobile was getting used within the metropolis for over 18 months.
