Cops keep eye on travellers, those flouting rules
over two lakh people, mostly migrant labourers, waiting for their turn to return home, the Mumbai Police in western suburbs have resorted to counselling in a bid to keep them calm and ensure they do not leave the city on their own violating lockdown rules.
Till Wednesday, 50,000 stranded people have been sent to their states while police received three lakh applications. “Most of them are labourers,” said Pranaya Ashok, DCP (ops) and Mumbai Police spokesperson.
Manoj Kumar Sharma, additional commissioner of police (west region), said, “There have been several instances of migrants leaving the city or gathering at police station asking for travel updates. Hence, I have asked all senior inspectors of the 21 police stations in my region to counsel the migrants and to keep them updated with travel updates so that they do not panic and leave on their own.”
So far, 16 trains with 22,400 people stranded in west region (Bandra to Jogeshwari) have commenced while around 44,800 people are on waiting list. On the other hand, Sakinaka police caught more than 300 migrants trying to leave the city by hiding inside vehicles in the past 10 days.
484 CASES OF COVID-19 IN CITY POLICE
The Mumbai Police till Wednesday reported 484 cases of Covid-19, most of the patients are asymptomatic. Of the affected people, 68 have recovered while five died. The last officer to die, a 55-year-old from Sewree police station, was admitted in a civic hospital where he died on Tuesday night.
A senior inspector of Sahar police station, who tested positive on Tuesday, said, “While I am admitted at Sevenhills Hospital, senior inspector from Vile Parle has additional charge.”
The state police on Wednesday corrected their daily press notes stating the number of infected police personnel is 925, not 1,007. So far 124 have recovered, 793 are under treatment and eight have succumbed to the disease.
40 FIRS AGAINST 211 PEOPLE ON TUESDAY
The Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered 40 FIRS on Tuesday against 211 people and arrested 28 of them. A maximum of 13 FIRS were from west region and 12 from central region, the worst-affected areas in the city.
20,072 VIOLATORS HELD ACROSS STATE
More than a lakh of people have been booked in 1,05,532 FIRS for lockdown violations and 22,072 people have been arrested in the state till Wednesday morning.
117 COVID WARRIORS INJURED IN ATTACK About 83 policemen, 33 health workers and one home guard in the state have been attacked while discharging duties. Police have filed 214 FIRS and arrested 764 people in this connection.