City police arrest 93 people, seize 60 vehicles

TNN | Apr 18, 2020, 04:04 IST

Kochi: City police on Friday registered 84 cases and arrested 93 persons, besides seizing 60 vehicles on charges of violating the lockdown violations.
The number of cases registered for lockdown violations in rural areas too is high. Rural police on Friday registered as many as 147 cases for lockdown violations and 139 persons were arrested in this regard. They also seized 91 vehicles.
Also, Thrikkakara police have booked one person under the Kerala Epidemic Diseases Ordinance-2020 for violating home quarantine.
Meanwhile, in a case of online fraud, Infopark police registered an FIR based on a complaint by a Kakkanad native. She had tried to place an order for home delivery of groceries. The woman got the number, claiming to be that of a supermarket, online. But, when the transaction was over she lost over Rs 10 lakh. Cops urged residents not to click on links shared by strangers or received from social media and to rely on authorized sites for contact numbers. tnn