Friday, February 28, 2025 | 11:33 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Coronavirus: UP Police file 6,000 FIRs over lockdown breach, book 19,000

46 cases registered under Essential Commodities Act; Force recovers Rs 3.18 cr fine from offenders

A police personnel verifies documents provided by motorists during a 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Chennai
Premium

A police personnel verifies documents provided by motorists during a 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh Police have filed more than 6,000 first information reports (FIRs) and booked nearly 19,000 people for breaching the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of pandemic coronavirus.

The UP Police filed 6,079 FIRs under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for defying the lockdown orders pertaining to the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, state additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi told the media here this evening.

Besides, 46 cases have been registered under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) against 64 persons pertaining to the black marketing or hoarding of goods across the state. “The government is taking

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in