Cops detain 49 for violating Sec 144

TNN | Apr 7, 2020, 04:56 IST

Nagpur: City police, enforcing the national lockdown, cracked their whip on 144 people under various sections, including violations of the section 144 order. As many as 49 persons were detained and 55 vehicles seized during the course of the day.
Though sticks were not used, city police continued to crack down upon the violators of the lockdown orders in different pockets. Apart from their enforcement duty, cops helped the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its team of health officials in their various duties related to Covid-19.
The flying squad comprising crime branch team, along with other government agencies also raided a shop at Jaripatka, seizing around nine bottles of sanitizers worth Rs1,250. The shop owner was selling the bottles violating the norms of the government order.
Police stepped up action between 9am and noon, and later between 4pm and 7pm.