People have continued to violate the lockdown in different parts of the state. On Saturday, the police registered 62 cases and arrested 367 persons for violating the lockdown rules. With this, the police have so far registered 1,758 cases and arrested a total of 7,220 persons so far in the state for violating the lockdown. Along with this, a total of 18,949 vehicle users have been penalised, 4,525 vehicles have been seized and Rs 91.27 lakh compounding charges have been collected under the Motor Vehicles Act in the state so far for violation of the lockdown.
Meanwhile, in Dehradun the police have been following the directions of the DIG/SSP Arun Mohan Joshi for strictly enforcing the lockdown till May 3. On Saturday in Dehradun, the police registered 19 cases and arrested 34 persons under the Disaster Management Act. In addition to this, one person was arrested under CrPC and action was taken against eight persons under the Police Act. Further, challans were issued to 200 vehicles and 24 vehicles were seized for violation of the lockdown in Dehradun on Saturday.