Challans were issued to owners of 189 vehicles while another six were impounded across Noida and Greater Noida for allegedly defying the lockdown on Saturday, the Gautam Buddh Nagar police said.
Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) Section 144 is in force in Gautam Buddh Nagar, which falls in the red zone for COVID-19, even as lockdown restrictions continue due to the pandemic prohibiting normal movement in this district in western Uttar Pradesh adjoining Delhi.
"A total of 828 vehicles were checked across 200 barrier points in the district and challans issued to 189 of them, while another six were impounded," police said in a statement.
A total of 6,327 people have been arrested in Gautam Buddh Nagar till Saturday 7 pm for defying the lockdown, which came into force here on March 23, according to
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