PUNE: Two days of sustained police action, far from deterring morning joggers, appears to have prompted them to find new routes for their daily exercise.
Since Thursday, the police — as a part of ‘Operation All Out’, have been catching joggers, walkers and loiterers across the city.
However, now, joggers are finding ways and routes escape police attention.
“It has come to our notice that people have started visiting places like Hanuman Tekdi and arterial roads off Law College to evade punishment. We have intensified patrolling at these spots and took taken action against four joggers on the tekdi,” senior inspector Deepak Lagad, the in-charge of the Deccan Gymkhana police, said.
In the Yerawada police station limits, 40 joggers were caught in Kalyaninagar and Parnakuti. Police say the joggers try many tactics to worm their way out of trouble.
“For instance if a jogger is caught, s/he will show a bag and claim they are out to purchase grocery. We don’t accept these explanations because they are caught away from their residences,” senior inspector Yunus Shaikh said.
“The joggers are educated and well dressed — some of them apologize for coming ouy of their houses for no valid reason,, while others pick up arguments with police that no positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Kalyaninagar. They feel they are not in danger,” Shaikh added.
Indian Volunteers Core has deployed 40 volunteers to assist police in taking action against joggers and maintaining bandobast at nakabandi and checkpoints.
Hadapsar senior police inspector Ramesh Sathe called such joggers shameless. “These joggers have become shameless and are not ready to change their mentality. In some instances, joggers come all the way to Hadapsar from Manjari without any reason, putting themselves and oters at risk,” Sathe said, adding they have taken action against 66 joggers at Magarpatta Road, Phursungi Chowk, Hadapsar and Gadital since the driver started.
The errant joggers are being charged under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Epidemic Diseases Act.
Since Thursday, the police — as a part of ‘Operation All Out’, have been catching joggers, walkers and loiterers across the city.
However, now, joggers are finding ways and routes escape police attention.
“It has come to our notice that people have started visiting places like Hanuman Tekdi and arterial roads off Law College to evade punishment. We have intensified patrolling at these spots and took taken action against four joggers on the tekdi,” senior inspector Deepak Lagad, the in-charge of the Deccan Gymkhana police, said.
In the Yerawada police station limits, 40 joggers were caught in Kalyaninagar and Parnakuti. Police say the joggers try many tactics to worm their way out of trouble.
“For instance if a jogger is caught, s/he will show a bag and claim they are out to purchase grocery. We don’t accept these explanations because they are caught away from their residences,” senior inspector Yunus Shaikh said.
“The joggers are educated and well dressed — some of them apologize for coming ouy of their houses for no valid reason,, while others pick up arguments with police that no positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Kalyaninagar. They feel they are not in danger,” Shaikh added.
Indian Volunteers Core has deployed 40 volunteers to assist police in taking action against joggers and maintaining bandobast at nakabandi and checkpoints.
Hadapsar senior police inspector Ramesh Sathe called such joggers shameless. “These joggers have become shameless and are not ready to change their mentality. In some instances, joggers come all the way to Hadapsar from Manjari without any reason, putting themselves and oters at risk,” Sathe said, adding they have taken action against 66 joggers at Magarpatta Road, Phursungi Chowk, Hadapsar and Gadital since the driver started.
The errant joggers are being charged under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Epidemic Diseases Act.
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