L N Mittal drives into Mumbai RTO to get licence

Confirming the visit, a Transport department official said, “The State Government has adopted computerised licence system since December 2006 and it is necessary to have the person’s thumb impression and computerised photograph on the licence. So, Mittal had to appear in person.”

Clad in a gray suite and holding a file in his hand, one of the richest persons in the world, Mittal, went to the RTO office in Central Mumbai on Thursday afternoon in his black E-class Mercedes Benz.

The learner’s licence was issued to him the same day after completing formalities. Now the steel magnate would have to approach the department within six months to get the permanent licence.