Police enforce strict implementation of Section 144

LAHORE :Lahore police continued to ensure implementation of measures, including strict implementation of Section 144 to contain the unnecessary movement of the public in the City during the partial lockdown imposed by Punjab government in the wake of coronavirus.

Lahore Police Operations Wing has set up special pickets in different areas of the City to contain the unnecessary movement of people. Police have checked more than 129,000 citizens at the pickets till now since the imposition of the lockdown whereas more than 120,000 persons have been asked to contain their unnecessary movement in the City and go back to their homes. DIG Operations Rai Babar Saeed said 1,564 FIRs have been registered against the persons involved in violation of Section 144. More than 3,700 accused of violating Section 144 were later release.