As many as 13 cases have been registered in the State capital on Wednesday night on the charge of violating guidelines of Supreme Court using firecrackers after 10 pm.
DIG Bhopal Dharmendra Choudhary told ‘The Pioneer’ that strict vigil was maintained for complying orders issued by Supreme Court and 13 cases were registered in which people found violating orders of bursting cracker beyond the time limit were set by SC.
The action has been taken for the first time in the state capital after the orders were issued by Supreme Court. Those who were found violating orders of bursting crackers till 10 pm were booked under section 188 of the IPC, he added.
The claims made by DIG Choudhary were true but to vigil every nook and corner of the state capital is not possible and which provided a free hand to the people enjoying bursting crackers. Till late night beyond the permissible time and audible limit of bursting crackers was continued.
People continued to burst crackers late in the night and scenes of dispersing of people on the arrival of police patrolling parties would arrive were witnessed.
The violators were booked in Bajaria, Aishbagh, Bairagarh, Kolar and Awadhpuri police station areas late in the night on Wednesday.
Bajaria police have registered 2 cases, Aishbagh police have registered 3 cases,