In order to facilitate lok Sabha election without any untoward incident, Haridwar and Dehradun, police conducted verification drives at various locations on Sunday and imposed Rs 10,000 penalty each on three persons in both the district who failed to show police verification certificate to the police.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela said that a team headed by Dalanwala circle officer conducted verification drive at various places in Dalanwala area and imposed penalty under Police Act on those persons who failed to show police verification certificate to the police. As per the report, the identities of persons in around 400 households were verified during the day-long verification drive and police imposed Rs 10,000 penalty each on three persons who failed to show police verification certificate during drive.
He further said that to put check on crime, all the police station in-charge have been directed to conduct verification drives in their respective area in coming days. Moreover, Haridwar police also conducted verification drives at Brahampur under Ranipur police station area and imposed penalty of Rs 10,000 under Police Act each on three persons named Sulekh Chandra, Munesh and Ramo Devi who failed to show police verification certificate to the police.