Chennai: Police personnel have been on their toes ever since the pandemic started spreading in Tamilnadu in March throwing normal life out of gear.
The State Police arrested 9,08,446 persons for violating norms of social distancing and venturing out during curfew.
Nearly 8,26,301 violations have been recorded by the police in various districts and FIRs have been registered against them, a press release from DGP’s office said today.
The restrictions have been imposed across the State to curb the spread of Coronavirus since 24 March. The city will be under lockdown until 31 July. As many as 6,54,177 vehicles were seized from these persons.
However, the vehicles are being returned to their owners in a phased manner. A total amount of Rs 18,94,03,811 has been collected from violators as fines since March.