In Palwal, 88 violators nabbed last month

Tribune News Service

Palwal, June 1

Nearly 13,000 challans were issued and 88 persons arrested for violating the lockdown norms in May in the district.

The police registered a total of 61 cases and imposed a fine of Rs 52.57 lakh for the violation of mask rule.

A spokesperson for the Police Department said in order to strictly implement the lockdown guidelines, the cops registered cases under the National Disaster Management Act and Section 144 of the IPC against the lockdown violators. He said while around 10,515 challans were issued for facemask violation, the police recovered a penalty of Rs 52,57,500 from the offenders.

Besides this, he said as many as 280 vehicles were impounded with a total of 2,370 traffic challans during this period.

Claiming that the cops displayed grit and dedication on their field duty, he said 55 of them got infected with Covid in the past two months. Of these, 49 cops have recovered and joined their duty.

Regarding vaccination, the spokesperson said as many as 1,565 cops had got their first jab, while 1,140 had received both the doses so far.