
Gwalior resident Aditya Sikarwar was fined Rs 5,500 by traffic police after his car was covered with about 3,400 lipstick marks made by his girlfriend. The vehicle was driven on city roads…
Gwalior resident Aditya Sikarwar was fined Rs 5,500 by traffic police after his car was covered with about 3,400 lipstick marks made by his girlfriend. The vehicle was driven on city roads for two days before a video of it went viral on social media.

Police traced the car using its number plate and found it in the Thatipur area. Traffic Police Inspector Abhishek Raghuvanshi said the car had been modified in violation of motor vehicle rules. Sikarwar was made to clean the marks off the vehicle in police presence.
Sikarwar told reporters his girlfriend spent about three and a half hours creating the marks as part of a 'foreign trend' and that he was unaware the decoration was illegal. He has since paid the fine and cleaned the car.
All four sources report the same facts with neutral framing, attributing details to police and the car owner. Freepress Journal and India TV note social media users questioning the police action, while Livemint and Freepress Journal also report Sikarwar's statement that he was unaware of the law. No source adopts a critical or approving stance toward the police or the trend. The uniform coverage suggests the incident is treated as a straightforward news item with no political or ideological angle. The traffic police have used similar fines for visible vehicle modifications before, this case is notable only for the unusual method of modification.
Coverage: 4 sources, 4 neutral
Sources (4): indiatvnews.com (neutral report), freepressjournal.in (neutral report), livemint.com (neutral report), freepressjournal.in (2) (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.