Across TN, police seize 11,565 vehicles

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:30.03.2020

Continuing its crackdown on those violating prohibitory orders across the state, police have so far registered 14,815 cases and arrested 17,668 people in the first four days of the lockdown. A penalty of ₹4.8 lakh was also collected during this period.

Police have also seized 11,565 vehicles across the state during the curfew.

On Sunday, the fifth day of the lockdown , many motorists poured on to the streets in large numbers, in total defiance of the prohibitory orders.

In Chennai alone, from 6am to 6 pm on Sunday, police booked 307 cases and seized 218 vehicles including two autorickshaws and a car, for violating prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144.

In the same time, they registered 493 cases for traffic violations and challaned 664 people riding without helmet.

Five vehicles were impounded from traffic violators in the city. “We stop them to advise them for a few minutes, but they do not have the patience to listen to us.. they are not worried about cases being booked,” said a police officer.

Police personnel advising road users to not venture out of their homes due to the imposition of Section 144