Hyderabad: Over 7,000 Cases On Average Daily For Lockdown Violations Says, Police Commissioner

Hyderabad: According to Anjani Kumar, Hyderabad Police Commissioner, nearly 8,000 cases are being registered against lockdown violators on average in a day in Telangana’s capital city for violating Covid-19 lockdown curbs.

“Nearly about 7,000 to 8,000 cases are being registered against lockdown violators and roughly about 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles are being seized on a daily basis here in Hyderabad,” the police commissioner said.

“Since the lockdown has been implemented, all the police officers including the senior officers have been on roads at various check posts here in Hyderabad to make sure that the lockdown is properly implemented in the state and further to take strict action against lockdown violators,” Anjani Kumar added.

However, the state is under lockdown till May 30 in order to tackle the second wave of Covid19. As earlier, on Friday, the state Commissioner warned that strict actions will be taken against those who misuse commuting passes issued to them.

Meanwhile, according to health ministry data, Telangana has reported 3,821 fresh Covid cases on Tuesday, pushing the cumulative case tally to 5,60,141. With 4,298 recoveries and 23 deaths, the overall count in the state reached 5,18,266 and 3,169 respectively.

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