The Pune traffic police, seizing the occasion of Holi and Dhulivandan, has launched a massive crackdown on bike riders installing loud, modified silencers. As part of this special operation, road rollers were used to crush 1768 modified silencers.

Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar had ordered action against such modified silencers. Under the supervision of Joint Commissioner of Police Ranjankumar Sharma and Additional Commissioner of Police (Eastern Region) Manoj Patil, 1768 modified silencers were seized and destroyed using a road roller.