Pindi police arrest over 450 violators, confiscate 21,000 kites
National
February 27, 2021
RAWALPINDI: The police have arrested over 450 people, including kite-flyers and kite sellers, through CCTVs and drones surveillance, while they also have registered 99 FIRs against the violations of the ban on kite flying during the celebrations of ‘Basant’ on Friday.
The local administration has continuously been taking action against the kite-flyers till the filing of this report, while the entire sky over Rawalpindi city was dotted with kites because the local residents were openly violating The Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance, 2001 (Ordinance LIX of 2001). The kite-flyers also executed aerial firing freely and played songs on loudspeakers. The police have recovered over 21,000 kites, 9,000 string rolls, sound systems and fire crackers.