On March 24, the day of Holi, as many as 5,624 motorists were prosecuted in the national capital for various traffic offences, Special Commissioner of Police Muktesh Chander said in a statement.
Of these, 313 were booked for overspeeding, 218 for dangerous driving, 1,941 for drunk driving and 2,129 for driving without wearing helmets, 499 for riding triple on two-wheelers, 130 for wrong-side driving and 294 for other offences.
Till late Wednesday night, the traffic police reported 558 drunken driving cases, with the highest 264 cases in South Delhi.
