<p>A routine <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mid-day-impact-mumbai-traffic-police-fine-60-vehicles-after-residents-raise-illegal-parking-concerns-in-vile-parle-23633033" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">no-parking enforcement drive</a> by the Borivali Traffic Police led to the detection of a car allegedly fitted with a fake registration number plate, resulting in a criminal case against its driver.</p>
<p>According to the police, the incident took place on July 16, 2026, near Veg Treat Legacy Hotel on L.T. Road in Borivali West.</p>
<p>While towing vehicles parked in a no-parking zone, traffic personnel found a Suzuki WagonR bearing registration number MH-01-DT-8876. When officials contacted the registered owner through the e-challan system, the owner reportedly stated that his vehicle bearing the same registration number was already with him, raising suspicion that the parked WagonR was using a cloned number plate.</p>
<p>The matter was immediately reported to senior officers, who instructed the team to detain anyone who came to claim the vehicle.</p>
<h2>Driver detained after searching for vehicle</h2>
<p>Later, traffic police personnel located a man searching for the car on Chandavarkar Road and brought him to Borivali Police Station for questioning. He identified himself as Saurav Anil Jaiswal (26), a resident of Dombivli.</p>
<p>During interrogation, Jaiswal allegedly failed to produce the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-vehicle-registration-process-goes-totally-online-faceless-paperless-23177432" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">vehicle's registration documents</a> and admitted that the car's original registration number was MH-46-BK-7583. Police further found that the WagonR's engine and chassis numbers corresponded to the original vehicle and that the registration plate MH-01-DT-8876 had allegedly been affixed fraudulently.</p>
<h2>Police register case, investigation underway</h2>
<p>Police alleged that the fake number plate was used to conceal the vehicle's identity and evade detection by law enforcement agencies, traffic authorities, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-finalises-criteria-for-new-rto-and-transport-offices-23635402" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Regional Transport Office</a> (RTO), financiers, and other government agencies, as well as to avoid liability if the vehicle was involved in accidents or other offences.</p>
<p>Based on the complaint, Borivali Police have registered a case against Saurav Anil Jaiswal for allegedly using a forged vehicle registration number. Further investigation is underway.</p>

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