CLAMPERS have wrongly targeted two Huddersfield men.

Brothers Sajid Ali and Sajid Rashid left their vehicles on private land next to a shop in Fartown.

Both men applied for Statutory Off-Road Notice (SORN) – meaning the vehicles do not need to be taxed if they are left on private property.

But despite this, staff from the DVLA clamped the BMW 7 series and Daihatsu Rascal van for not having a valid tax disc.

Mr Ali, 30, claimed: “They have come round to try and make some quick money.”

The Birkby father-of-three left his BMW on the forecourt of Bain’s Self-Service on Wasp Nest Road in Fartown six months ago.

He said: “The shop owner Japinder Bain is a friend of mine so he allowed me to leave the car there while I wait for some engine parts.

“About a week ago my brother left his van there as well because the tax disc had run out.”

But on Friday, staff from the DVLA clamped the two vehicles.

Mr Ali said: “My brother was there when they arrived and they told him they were allowed to clamp the vehicles.

“I had to phone the DVLA and tell them they shouldn’t have clamped the vehicles because they both had SORN.”

The DVLA demanded £100 to remove each clamp within 24 hours. The cost would have doubled the following day.

After that the vehicles would have been impounded and the owners charged £21 a day until they paid up.

Mr Ali said: “If this happened to someone who didn’t know about these things, they could have ended up paying a lot of money.”

The DVLA returned to remove the clamps later on Friday.

Mr Ali said: “It’s wrong that I’ve been treated in this way.

“I want to make other people in my situation aware that they don’t have to pay if they have parked the car in the right place and they have SORN.”

A DVLA spokesman said: "Before enforcement action can be taken against any vehicle the agency's wheelclamping contractor will seek authorisation through their hand-held device. If there is a valid SORN in force a message is returned - unlicensed but SORN in force. I can confirm that one of these vehicles was unlicensed with no SORN in force, therefore the enforcement action taken was correct.