More than 6.15 lakh people fined for COVID-19 rule violations in Rajasthan

More than 6.15 lakh people have been slapped with fine, totalling over Rs 9 crore, in Rajasthan for violation of guidelines against the novel coronavirus such as wearing of mask and maintaining social distancing.

Siddhartha Singh
Published on: 4 Sep 2020 1:29 PM GMT
More than 6.15 lakh people fined for COVID-19 rule violations in Rajasthan
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More than 6.15 lakh people fined for COVID-19 rule violations in Rajasthan

Jaipur: More than 6.15 lakh people have been slapped with fine, totalling over Rs 9 crore, in Rajasthan for violation of guidelines against the novel coronavirus such as wearing of mask and maintaining social distancing.

The fines were collected under the Rajasthan Epidemic Ordinance, Director General of Police (Crime) M L Lather said.

He said that so far 7,966 persons have been arrested for violating prohibitory and quarantine norms by registering 3,634 FIRs.

Under the Motor Vehicles Act, challan was issued to 9.05 lakh vehicle owners and 1.65 lakh vehicles were seized. More than Rs 16.37 crore fine has been recovered from them. (PTI)

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