BENGALURU: A gearless scooter ridden by Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar throughout an inspection of the newly constructed loop on Hebbal flyover on Tuesday has Rs 18,500 pending in site visitors fines from 34 instances, the JD(S) alleged in an official submit on X (previously Twitter).DK Shivakumar had a trip by the loop; first alone after which with a pillion. It’s not clear whether or not the proprietor of the gearless scooter is a political celebration functionary or a simply passerby.Later, metropolis site visitors police confirmed the identical and summonned the car proprietor, asking him to return and pay the positive quantity. Police mentioned the car proprietor visited Hebbal site visitors police station on Wednesday afternoon and paid a Rs 1,000 positive. “He promised to pay the remaining positive quantity— Rs 17,500 in a couple of days,” police mentioned.The gearless scooter, bearing the license plate quantity (KA 04 JZ 2087), is registered within the identify of Babjan, son of Nanne Sab S from Bhuvaneshwarinagar in RT Nagar. The checklist of 34-offences embrace talking over a cell phone whereas driving, leaping site visitors alerts, improper parking, and driving with no helmet, amongst others.The JD (S) celebration took a swipe at Shivakumar, mentioning the unpaid fines whereas sharing visuals of him driving pillion on the scooter. “Additionally, the half-helmets worn by Shivakumar and his pillion rider in the course of the inspection are unlawful. Nonetheless, since we’re not penalising the general public for sporting half helmets, we won’t positive Shivakumar and his pillion for the half-helmets. However sure, at any time when we discover motorists with half helmets, we request them to not use them,” a senior site visitors police officer mentioned.The video sparked a debate on social media, the place netizens requested cops to examine whether or not DK Shivakumar has a driving license or not. Additionally, the netizens identified that half-helmets are unlawful.