CAR DRIVER BOOKED FOR NOT WEARING MASK

CHANDIGARH : In the first such action against a commuter, police arrested a car driver for not wearing a mask on Friday night. A police patrol party intercepted the car being driven by Randeep Singh Bhanott of Mullanpur, in Sector 44 around 3am, and found he was not wearing a face mask.

He was booked under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Sector 34 police station. He was later let off on bail. As per the directives of the UT administration, wearing a mask is mandatory while being in public, while movement of vehicles is banned between 7pm and 7am.

The administration is also mulling to impose a penalty on such violators after similar decisions were taken by Punjab and Haryana Governments.

PEDESTRIAN ARRESTED

Similarly, Sanjiv Kumar, a resident of Manimajra, was arrested near Kishangarh Chowk, Chandigarh, for not wearing a face mask and disobeying the lockdown orders issued by the district magistrate. He was later released on bail.