Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police have cracked the whip on the people in the Odisha capital for loitering without valid pass during the COVID-19 lockdown.
In a tweet, Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi said that 493 vehicles were seized on Wednesday under the cognizable case during lockdown enforcement.
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“The police are forced to take action against these unrelenting people for openly flouting the lockdown guidelines, which is a matter of surprise and concern,” he said.
More than 400 vehicles were seized on March 30 and 446 vehicles on March 31 under Odisha COVID-19 Regulation, 2020, and Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), he added.
