Uttar Pradesh police has registered 20,453 cases and booked 68,811 people so far for defying lockdown norms, a senior official said.
Police has recovered over Rs 8.11 crore fine from those violating the lockdown put in place since March 25.
"To strictly implement the lockdown in districts, police registered 20,453 FIRs against 68,811 violaters so far," Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Awasthi told reporters on Friday.
These persons were released on bail to avoid congestion in jails, he added.
The FIRs were lodged under IPC section 188, which deals with disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant.
In this period, over 18 lakh vehicles were checked and over 24,000 seized, he added.
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