Amid the countrywide lockdown due to the Covid-19, the Delhi Police on Wednesday intercepted an ambulance in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area in which nine people were travelling. Police said that the ambulance of the Uttar Pradesh number was caught from NH-8 on Wednesday afternoon.
According to police, the driver, identified as Krishan Kumar, has picked eight people from Manesar in Haryana.
"All the nine people, including the driver, are the residents of Bast district in Uttar Pradesh. There was a deal that Kumar would pick these eight people from Manesar in Haryana and drop them to Basti. The deal was fixed at Rs 16,000," said a senior police official.
"When they reached Vasant Kunj area, police checked the ambulance and found no patient inside it. A case is being registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the driver," said the senior police official adding that the eight people were sent to Mahipalpur shelter home. "After the lockdown several reports came which stated that some people are using Ambulance for transporting vehicles across the border following which police has strengthen its vigil on bordering areas and continuous checking of Ambulances is going on," said the senior police official.