CEO claims his FASTag was charged when he was not even travelling & he is not the only one...
FASTag is a device that employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to collect toll payments electronically. It is attached to the windshield of a vehicle and is linked to a prepaid account.
A Ludhiana man alleges that money was taken from his FASTag while he was "chilling at home." Sunderdeep Singh, CEO of Prinspire Technologies, shared a screenshot of a message telling him that ?220 was debited from his account at a toll booth in Punjab.
FASTag is a device that employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to collect toll payments electronically. It is attached to the windshield of a vehicle and is linked to a prepaid account.
What happened with the CEO?
Money was debited from Singh's FASTag account despite the fact that he had not passed through the toll booth. "Money is deducted while I am at home, and I haven't even travelled that route this month." "What's going on?" the Ludhiana-based CEO inquired on the social media platform X.
The screenshot he supplied reveals that ?220 was deducted as a toll at Ladowal Toll Plaza on August 14th. Singh claimed he had not gone near the highway in days because he wanted an answer from FASTag officials.
How did people on the internet react?
The comments section of his X article, which contains identical complaints from people around the country, demonstrates the disadvantages of relying only on this technology.
The CEO was not the only man who went through this, other people also shared similar encounters. Here's what people said.
Happening with us since the past 1 year. Some other car is using our car registration number. All their challans and fast tag deductions are directed to us. After countless police station and bank branch visits, we have started considering it as a separate house expense ?.
¡ª sidharth_gupta (@smartsid1094) August 14, 2024
Ended up paying twice.Their sensor didn't work and was asked to pay cash citing low balance( surprised me).Within a minute of crossing I get a message the amount has been deducted from my account.Return back only to face harassing questions before they finally give in.
¡ª Dr Jaspreet Singh Sukhija (@DocJaspreet) August 14, 2024
Same happened with me twice paaji , neither the bank responds nor the Government Gency
¡ª Vineet ?? (@_Jain_V) August 14, 2024
The same thing happened to me recently. I have raised a dispute. Let¡¯s see what happens. https://t.co/xMF1tUzMOj
¡ª Narayanan Hariharan (@narayananh) August 14, 2024
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