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Police Collect Over Rs 60 Lakh Penalty For Drinking In Public Places In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police of twin cities has collected more than Rs 60 lakh towards penalty from people found drinking alcohol beverages in public places in Bhubaneswar in the last eight months.

During the drive against drinking in public places in the city, the police collected Rs 67,40,140 as penalty between January and August, as per the data released by the Commissionerate police.

The highest penalty collection of Rs 18,74,500 was registered in August when 3,730 offenders were penalised during the drive.

It was followed by Rs 17,66,300 penalty collection in June and Rs 16,46,940 in June and Rs 11,66,600 in May, the release stated. January registered minimum collection of Rs 25,200 fine from 504 offenders.

Following are the details of fine collection in 8 months:

OB Bureau

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