Two-wheeler riders were stopped by police personnel attached to the Vellore North Police Station and their vehicles checked for the presence of bogus `Press’ stickers at the Fort Round Road here on Saturday.
The check was carried out on the instructions of P.K. Senthilkumari, Superintendent of Police, Vellore district.
The action follows complaints that non-presspersons were misusing the `Press’ stickers. Many of them were also using `Press’ stickers not approved by the Department of Information and Public Relations.
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It has come to the notice of the police personnel that printing press owners and employees were also using `Press’ stickers which were meant only to those who are either reporters, photographers or videographers in the print and electronic media.
A police department spokesman said that what was done on Saturday was only a routine checking of vehicles.
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Identity cards
The checking officials were asked to additionally check for two-wheelers having bogus ‘Press’ stickers.
Ramachandran, Inspector of Police, Vellore North Police Station told The Hindu that during the checking, those who had ‘Press’ stickers were asked to show their identity cards.
No non-pressperson was found with bogus stickers during the checking on Saturday, he said.
M. Vijayakumar, District Information and Public Relations Officer, Vellore said that the Directorate of Information and Public Relations has issued ‘Press’ stickers only to genuine reporters, photographers and videographers of the print and electronic media.
They alone are entitled to use the ‘Press’ stickers. Non-journalists working in newspaper/TV establishments and news agents are not entitled to use the ‘Press’ stickers, he said.
Non-journalists working in newspaper/TV establishments and news agents are not entitled to use the ‘Press’ stickers