THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Police will soon put the abandoned vehicles that are in their possession for public auction. The auction will start from August 26 and will conclude by the end of this month.City Police Commissioner Manoj Abraham said that vehicles which were seized by the police and are undergoing legal procedures will not be auctioned. The Commissioner said that the decision of auctioning the vehicles was taken under Section 56 of the newly constituted Kerala Police Act. The Act authorises the Commissioner to auction the vehicles that are in the possession of the police. Most of the vehicles that are scheduled to be auctioned were abandoned by their owners due to lack of documents.Some of the vehicles lying in the police stations were left unattended by the owners even after the completion of the legal procedures. The Police Department will send a notice to the holder of the Registration Certificate before proceeding with the auctioning. If the owner fails to respond within 30 days, then the vehicle would be put for auction, he said.According to officials, the auction would be held in all the police stations across the State. In Thiruvananthapuram city, a committee appointed by the Commissioner will check the vehicles and will assess the market value. The committee would be headed by the Motor Transport DySP and comprise of officials from Motor Vehicles Department and Motor Transport Wing. In the first phase, 280 vehicles would be put for auction in the city.
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