Maha: 27,432 cases for flouting lockdown, prohibitory orders

OutlookApril 08, 2020 23:33 ISTMaha: 27,432 cases for flouting lockdown, prohibitory ordersoutlookindia.com 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Police have registered 27,432 offences across Maharashtra for alleged violation of lockdown and prohibitory orders, which were issued in order to contain spread of the COVID-19 virus, an official said on Wednesday. The state government had issued prohibitory orders to avoid spread of the infection and also warned that offences under IPC section 188 will be registered against those who violate the orders. The lockdown was imposed across the country till April 14," the official said. "Even as the lockdown is still on and section 144 of CrPC , which prohibits gathering, is in force in the state, some people violated these orders, following which they have been booked," he said. So far, 1,679 offences were registered in Mumbai, 3,255 in Pune, 1,933 in Pimpri Chichwad, 1,999 in Nagpur, 2,594 in Solapur and 2,449 in Ahmednagar, the official said. "Then there were incidents of attack on police by the miscreants during the lockdown. During the ongoing lockdown, the state police attended around 58,000 calls on the control room number of 100, in which complaints related to COVID-19 virus were made by citizens from various places in the state, he said. "Police have seized total 12,420 vehicles for violating the prohibitory orders in the state and Rs 95.56 lakh fine was imposed from their owners," he said. Disclaimer :- This story has not been edited by Outlook staff and is auto-generated from news agency feeds.