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Rishikesh: Police in this Uttarakhand town forced 10 foreigners to write “I didn’t follow lockdown rules, I am sorry” 500 times as punishment for strolling along the banks of Ganga.
“When I caught them strolling, they said they are not violating any guidelines as they are out during the relaxation period. So I told them that the relaxation period is only to buy essentials and not to roam around,” police officer Vinod Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Later, the foreigners were asked to leave and stay put inside their lodgings.
In another development on Sunday, the Uttarakhand health department said that no new positive case of COVID-19 was reported in the state for the fourth day in a row,
The total number of positive cases in the state remains at 35. Of them, seven persons have been cured and discharged.
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