Violation of curfew in TN: 1.51L arrested

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:12.04.2020

As we move closer to the end of the 21-day lockdown, the Chennai police have started cracking down on people roaming in cars violating the prohibitory order under Section 144 of CrPC.

In the last 24 hours, police have impounded at least 12 cars and heavy vehicles for roaming without valid reason on the city roads. Police have arrested 1.51 lakh people for violating the prohibitory order during the lockdown period from March 24 to 6am on April 11 across the state.

Until last week, all the 4,000 policemen deployed on monitoring vehicles plying on the road and slapping cases on them, they focussed only on two-wheelers. After the city police commissioner gave a green signal to stop and impound cars too, the personnel are now checking cars.

The number of cars seized have gone up from zero to at least 12 in a day. “We will release the cars only after the lockdown is lifted,” said a police officer.

As per the police statistics in the city, they have seized 18,251 vehicles, mostly twowheelers, during the lockdown period.

The law and order police impounded at least 6,984 vehicles and the traffic enforcement police have impounded about 11,267 vehicles in the lockdown period.