The Delhi Police has intercepted seven labourers who were trying to go to their village in Bihar intercepted at MB Road picket in national Capital on Tuesday night. Police said that the labourers were wanted to go to Motihari in Bihar.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, seven migrant workers, who were on bicycles, from Sangam Vihar near Sainik Farms were intercepted at MB Road picket on Tuesday night.
"They were set to go to Motihari in Bihar and exhorted to stay put and sent back. They were also provided 12 kilograms dry ration each," said the DCP.
Earlier on Monday night, seven labourers who were trying to cross Jheel Khurd border on bicycles to reach their village in Bihar amid ongoing lockdown were intercepted by police.
They stayed at a rented accommodation in Gadda colony in Sultanpur village in South Delhi's Fatehpur Beri.
On April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the lockdown till May 3, saying it is very necessary to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The country has been under lockdown since March 24.