Punit Handa

FCS, LLB -Insolvency Professional & corporate laws expert - . Retweets are not endorsement.

[Rushil @RushilM_]

🚨 FASTag has a MASSIVE security loophole & nobody is talking about it.

Today, literally anyone with access to your car & RC can get a NEW FASTag issued on your vehicle in THEIR name & mobile number.

No OTP.
No owner authorization.
No consent from the actual vehicle owner.

The moment that happens?
Your existing FASTag gets blacklisted/deactivated instantly under the “One Vehicle One FASTag” policy.

That’s exactly what happened to me.

I’m currently transporting my car from Mumbai to Delhi & handed over the vehicle to the transporter’s driver on Saturday.

He casually asked me if there was balance in the FASTag.

Next morning, I received a message from ICICI saying a new FASTag had been activated on my vehicle & my existing FASTag would be deactivated.

Within minutes, it was blacklisted/deactivated.

Honestly, God knows what the plan even was.

Maybe he thought the balance would transfer.
Maybe he wanted to misuse it during transit.
Maybe something worse.

The scary part?
The system ALLOWED this without a single authorization from the actual vehicle owner.

The NETC FASTag portal was down the entire day.

After 4+ hours of calls, ICICI finally told me the new FASTag was issued via Airtel Payments Bank.

Later, I checked the Airtel Thanks app & guess what?
The FASTag had been registered by the SAME driver who took the car.

This is where things become ridiculous.

Airtel Payments Bank support told me THEY cannot close the FASTag unless the person who activated it calls them personally.

Read that again.

The actual vehicle owner has ZERO control over the FASTag -
but the person who fraudulently activated it does.

The NHAI helpline at 1033 was equally useless.

No emergency block.
No fraud handling.
No owner protection mechanism.

So if someone activates a FASTag on your car, you’re basically stranded.

How is this acceptable infrastructure for something linked to a vehicle owner’s identity & movement?

This is no longer just a scam.
It’s a massive security vulnerability in the FASTag ecosystem.

NPCI/NETC urgently needs mandatory owner authorization.

At the very least, mandate OTP verification from the registered vehicle owner before ANY FASTag change is approved.

This needs immediate attention, @NPCI_NPCI @FASTag_NETC.

Pathetic support, zero accountability, and absolutely no protection for the actual vehicle owner while someone else fraudulently took control of the FASTag.
That should never be possible, @ICICIBank @airtelbank.

[FanCode @FanCode]

INDIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM IN MONACO 🫡

#KushMaini has made history - becoming the first Indian to win an F2 race at Monte Carlo 🇮🇳

With a flawless lights-to-flag drive, he clinched victory in the F2 Sprint for DAMS Lucas Oil on the iconic streets of Monaco. 👑

#MonacoGP #F2

[Lt Gen Narendra Singh(Retd) @NarenKadian]

Best case scenario. Attacked terrorist bases incl those deep inside Pak.Beat back all Pak attacks while successfully hitting Pak airbases& mil targets. Proud of our PM for allowing full freedom to Armed Forces who rightfully lived upto to trust reposed by Nation in them. Jai Hind

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

India has decided any future act of terror will be considered an act of war against country and will be responded accordingly: Govt sources

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Didn’t realize this is how silk is produced. Quite crazy!

[Praveen Malik @Praveenmalik86]

People living in Gurugram/New Gurugram are now tired of BJP's false statements,public gave @BJP4Haryana a wonderful 10-year tenure but in Gurugram,which is called the Millennium City, one has to find a road in the potholes, all the money from EDC/IDC is embezzled.😡@RajBabbar23

[Praveen Malik @Praveenmalik86]

Removal of #Kherki_Daula_Toll should again be a agenda of Coming #Assembly_Elections, As it is within the city limit troubling ppl & heavy vehicles of IMT Manesar diverted their routes to New Gurugram to avoid toll leading to #traffic_jam, #broken_roads & #pollution in this area

[Punit Handa @punithanda]

@MukeshSharmaGG Please help in getting road repairs near dlf ultima sector 81. People are literally crying @MukeshSharmaGG . You will get lots of votes from this area as majority like @narendramodi @PMOIndia

[Lonetrader @dkcrpl]

@OfficialGMDA @punithanda If it is under litigation, take special permission from the honorable court to fix them.
Considering the daily suffering of the citizens i am sure the court will allow it.

It only needs will to for such things which are missing in sarkari baboos

[Punit Handa @punithanda]

@OfficialGMDA Shameless!! The road outside dlf ultima sector 81 is full of big potholes. On daily basis cars are getting damaged especially sedan cars . And govt is least bothered- this you are doing because of elections in Haryana otherwise you would not have bothered. Election boycott 😡

[Punit Handa @punithanda]

@vikramchandra I think Indian bowlers should be able to defend provided good fielding is there

[CS Ranjeet Pandey @RanjeetPandeyCS]

Delighted to share my views in Panel Discussion on the theme
*Strategising ESG: Role of Professionals* held on May 25, 2024 at National Stock Exchange, BKC, Mumbai.

Thanks President @icsi_cs Mr B Narasimhan, Mr. @praveensonics Pregram Director for great program. #ICSI_ESG #NSE

[Lt Gen Narendra Singh(Retd) @NarenKadian]

Indian Army gets portable Igla-S Air defence system; Here's all about next-gen missiles to be deployed at C... https://t.co/JnFJY6RwNe via @economictimes

[Praveen Malik @Praveenmalik86]

ये #खेड़की_दौला_टोल न्यू गुरुग्राम @MCManesar व IMT मानेसर दोनों के विकास में सबसे बड़ी बाधा है।

इस क्षेत्र से सरकार को हज़ारों करोड़ का राजस्व देता है,फिर भी सरकार सुध नहीं लेती इस टोल के ना हटने के ज़िम्मेदार @Rao_InderjitS व @BJP4Haryana सरकार है।

https://t.co/yTVHzI91ks

[Yashesh Yadav @YasheshYadav]

~ #KherkiDaulaToll हटाने का वादा रहा अधूरा।
गुरुग्राम के लिए नासूर बने हुए इस टोल को कांग्रेस ने नहीं हटाया ओर उसी ढर्रे पर बीजेपी भी रही,
बस जुमले आते रहे, अब हटा, तब हटा,

प्रधानमंत्री जी के अलावा सब इसे हटाने का वादा कर चुके है वो भी न्यू गुडगाँव आये पर टोल पर कुछ नहीं बोले।

[Lt Gen Narendra Singh(Retd) @NarenKadian]

Here's how India is helping its soldiers keep warm along the LAC https://t.co/gUKG7KDXNX via @economictimes

[United Association of New Gurugram @DevelopNewGgn]

We are demanding the removal of #Kherki_Daula_Toll as it’s one of the biggest hurdle in the development,also The #New_Gurugram residents should be exempted if any plan to impose toll on DXPW in future

@nitin_gadkari @PMOIndia @sumedhasharma86

https://t.co/ysValF76v8

[Sumedha Sharma @sumedhasharma86]

Always on poll promises but never on execution list. #Gurugram #Gurgaon
residents left wanting toll removal. @DevelopNewGgn
@KDTollRemoval
@_DXPAssociation
#DwarkaExpressway
New Gurugram residents seek closure of Kherki Daula toll plaza
https://t.co/wI0HQSQjmf
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[Yashesh Yadav @YasheshYadav]

शहर के बीचो बीच खड़ा ये टोल मानेसर इंडस्ट्री की रीड तोड़ रहा है, न्यू गुडगाँव के लोगो की जेब काट रहा है ओर प्रदूषण पिला रहा है

सरकार है की टोल कम्पनी ओर ठेकदारो को काबू नहीं कर पा रही। जिस टोल की समय अवधि खत्म हो चुकी है उस टोल से जबरदस्ती टोल लूटा जा रहा है। दिन दहाड़े लूटा जा रहा है
सब खामोश है पता नहीं क्यों ?

#KherkiDaulaToll हटाओ
@cmohry @nitin_gadkari
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