Nashik: 68 booked for venturing on streets

NASHIK: The city police on Friday booked 68 people from different parts of the city for violating lockdown rules on the backdrop of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Senior police officers said that most of the people were booked for venturing out of their houses without any valid reasons. The aim behind booking the people was to ensure that people do not come out of the houses for the smallest of reasons.
The officers said that they found many people venturing on the streets in the night hours. “After 5 pm all the shops and commercial establishments are closed after which there is no reason for people to move out,” he said.
So far, the police have taken action against 5,745 people in the city under Section 188. Action is also taken against people who are found moving out without wearing the mask.
On Friday, the police also booked 18 people who were found moving without wearing the mask. The police said that the action against people would continue until the lockdown was clamped in the city.