Mumbai, May 11: Mumbai Police registered 520 cases against citizens flouting the lockdown violations on Tuesday and booked them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for disobedience of orders promulgated by a public servant.
Most violations recorded on Tuesday were against citizens moving around without a valid reason.
Chaitanya S, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) said that on Tuesday, of the 494 cases of lockdown violations, wherein 654 citizens were booked, 162 cases were registered for wandering without a valid reason, 121 for not wearing a mask and 148 for operating non-essential shops despite orders forbidding it. While 32 cases were registered on Tuesday for gathering in public, six cases were registered for illegal vehicular movement and five for operating a hotel establishment.
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