Bengaluru: Now, Ferrari & Mercedes owners pay Rs 1 cr in fines, unpaid road tax

Bengaluru: Transport authorities on Friday penalised the owners of two more luxury cars that were registered outside Karnataka but regularly used within the state without paying applicable road tax. 

A Jayanagar RTO team collected nearly Rs 1 crore in fines and unpaid road tax from the car owners. 

The cars include a Ferrari 812 Superfast registered in Jharkhand (JH 10 BS0099) and a Mercedes-Benz G-Class AMG G 63 registered in Puducherry (PY 05 K 6309). 

The Ferrari owner had to fork out Rs 61,94,494 and the Merc owner Rs 37,03,644. 

The two cars were being regularly used in Karnataka for more than two years, a Transport Department official told said. 

Just on Wednesday, transport authorities fined scrap dealer-turned-real-estate businessman Yousuf Shariff, popularly known as KGF Babu, nearly Rs 40 lakh for using two Maharashtra-regitered Rolls-Royce cars in Bengaluru without paying the required road tax. 

One of the cars (MH 02-BB-0002) was bought from Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, and the other (MH11-AX-0001) from actor Aamir Khan. 

As per transport department rules, any vehicle registered outside Karnataka and used continuously in the state for over a year must pay the applicable road tax. 

The luxury cars targeted by Jayanagar RTO officials on Friday.