Police act tough against curfew violators in city

Ajay Joshi

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 2

Even as the state government has imposed full curfew with no relaxation to combat Covid-19, a large number of city residents were found violating curfew rules. Hence, the police are acting tough against violators.

After cancelling curfew passes of several people who were reportedly found misusing the same to come out of their houses, the city police have issued 327 challans to the offenders and 23 offenders have also been arrested under Sections 188 of the IPC in the two past days.

Police personnel deployed on roads and in streets said Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar has directed them to take stringent action against those coming on roads unnecessarily. From various busy roads of the city, 39 vehicles, including two-wheelers and four-wheelers, were also impounded. Besides, six companies of the CRPF were also roped in today and every entry and exit point of the city was sealed for vehicular movement. Appealing residents to stay indoors, police personnel monitoring checkposts said along with Section 188, the arrested suspects, would also be framed under Sections 269 and 270 of the IPC.

ACP Bimal Kant, ACP (Headquarters), who, along with his team, was patrolling around the railway station and other areas, said four four-wheelers were also impounded from the arrested persons.

He said till March 31, around 76 cases were registered against those who violated the curfew orders and arrest warrants were issued against 93 offenders.

“It was sad that even after so many announcements and directions, people were reluctant to stay inside their houses. In many instances, we even had to resort to scold residents to send them back to their houses. People were assembling in markets despite the lockdown orders,” said Vimal kant.

Meanwhile, Bhullar, stated, to stop the spread of coronavirus, the city police have now decided to get tough with those defying curfew orders. Only those having emergency situations would be allowed to visit medical stores . In-addition no vehicular movement was allowed in the city roads. He also urged people to stay indoors till the curfew was being observed.

Around 76 cases registered till March 31: Cop

ACP Bimal Kant, ACP (Headquarters), who, along with his team, was patrolling around the railway station and other areas, said four four-wheelers were also impounded from the arrested persons. He said till March 31, around 76 cases were registered against those who violated the curfew orders and arrest warrants were issued against 93 offenders.