Hyderabad|India|January'2009: As many as 8- 10 vehicles are lost in the city everyday. Many are stolen by joy riders/ thieves who abandon them on the roads once the vehicles go run out of fuel. Most of them obviously land in the police stations. Many a time, owners are not aware that their vehicles are lying abandoned in the police stations or parking lots.

Now this won’t be a problem anymore. Just go to Check Yourself link in the home page of hyderabadpolice.gov.in, then go to Trace Your Vehicle link.

         In the page which appears following this, either type Engine number or Chasis Number or Registration number and press Search. If you are sure, you can give all the fields, otherwise one field is enough for search. All characters in a field (box) should be typed continuously without any space.

        The stolen/abandoned vehicle database of entire state (Not Hyderabad alone) will be searched after you press search.

If you are lucky, a positive result will follow with the following details:- 

	Engine No
	Chasis No
	Registration No
	Other Identification marks, if any
	Vehicle Type
	Vehicle Colour
	Vehicle Make
	Vehicle Model
	Vehicle Category whether stolen or abandoned
	Location of the vehicle

        In this result menu, just click on the Select to know the location of your vehicle. Then go to concerned police station with the following documents

 

	ID Proofs like Voter ID card/ Driving License/Passport/Ration card
	Original Registration papers of the vehicle
	Clearance from the insurance if you have already claimed the insurance money
	Counter foil of the parking lot, if the vehicle is abandoned in the parking lot.
	FIR copy, if police registered a case.
	Any acknowledgement issued by police in the absence of FIR.
	Two reference contact numbers

        If any owner fails to claim his/her vehicle in six(6) months from the date of notification issued by the commissioner, it will be auctioned as per the procedure laid down in the Hyderabad City Police Act. The money accrued from such auction will be remitted in the Treasury of Govt. of AP.

All those unlucky ones who lost their vehicles are requested to utilize this and spread the message across the state at the earliest.

List of all unclaimed vehicles in various police stations of Hyderabad City since 2004 can now be downloaded from this site now.

Reachout's News Bureau
 January' 2009