Father booked after video of juvenile son driving SUV

After the anonymous driver was identified as a 17-year-old boy, his father Faruk Abdul Pathan, 50, a resident of Shahpur area of Ahmedabad, was booked under IPC section 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and various sections of the Motor Vehicle Act.

According to Victor Farnandis, inspector at the Ahmedabad E traffic police, “Pathan buys and sells old cars…. this car was purchased from Devendra Prajapati of Gandhinagar’s Pethapur three months ago. But the registration was not done in the name of Pathan, as he would sell the car to his customer… So on paper the car is still in Prajapati’s name. However, the car is notarised in Pathan’s name… So both are guilty. We are yet to investigate the Pethapur resident.”