Over 1,000 people were booked by Delhi Police in the national Capital on Sunday for not wearing masks. Police also issued challans to 108 people for not maintaining social distancing. According to data shared by police, a total 1,080 challans were issued for mask rule violation on Sunday.
According to Anil Mittal, the Additional Public Relations Officer (APRO) of Delhi Police, they issued over 1,00,000 challans against Covid norm violators during the lockdown.
“The Delhi Police has issued 1,06,558 challans for not wearing masks, violating social distancing and spitting during the lockdown from April 19 to May 30. We urge people not to come out of their homes unnecessarily and follow the Covid-appropriate behaviour despite the fact that the cases are reducing and the process of unlocking has started,” Mittal said.
A total of 90,000 people were booked for not wearing masks, 15,184 were booked for not maintaining social distancing, 1,193 for large public gatherings or congregations, 63 for spitting and 118 for consumption of liquor, pan, tobacco etc.
The number of challans for mask violations was 3,155 on April 13 and earlier, on March 30, police issued 920 challans for mask violation and 19 for not following social distancing. On March 31, the number of challans for the mask rule violation went up to four digits, as police booked 1,091 people and 16 people were also challaned for not maintaining social distancing.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced a lockdown in the national Capital in view of an exponential rise in coronavirus cases.