Lockdown almost complete in Bengaluru
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However, police have to pacify motorists who were seen moving around without any safety precautions
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Despite warning, hundreds of motorists were seen moving without any safety precautions in Bengaluru. DCP Vikram Amate preventing motorists near the district hospital in Belagavi on Monday.
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However, police have to pacify motorists who were seen moving around without any safety precautions
The city police took to the streets to enforce a complete lockdown in the city on Monday, May 10, 2021 after 10:00 am when the window for essential services ended. Police have put up barricades across the city, not just on main roads but also in busy bylanes. City Police Commissioner, Kamal Pant and Chief Civic Commissioner, Gaurav Gupta also took to the street to inspect bandobast, barricading and enforcement of lockdown in the city.
Two held in Bengaluru for selling Remdesivir injections at exorbitant rates ANI | Updated: May 11, 2021 02:07 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI): Karnataka Police on Monday arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in illegally selling Remdesivir injection at exorbitant rates here in Bengaluru.
According to Kamal Pant, the Commissioner of Police of Bengaluru City, accused Malathesh and Shanmukhayya used to steal the vials from the hospitals they used to work for and sell them at Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 per vial.
17 Remdesivir injections have been seized and further investigation is underway, he added.
Last month, the Central Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru had arrested three persons on for alleged illegal stocking and black marketing of Remdesivir injections.
Cases booked under NDMA: 23 Kamal Pant, IPS (@CPBlr) May 9, 2021
For the next 14-days the government has put in place stringent measures to curb the movement of people.
While in the original order, the cap on the number of people at weddings was 50, in an addendum released on Saturday evening, the state government said the cap was 40 for weddings. A total of 40 passes will be issued for weddings by the zonal BBMP officials or tahsildar.
Only those people who have these passes will be allowed to commute. These measures come at a time when Karnataka is consistently seeing a massive increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
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Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City, Kamal Pant
Ahead of the fortnight-long lockdown restrictions starting from May 10 in Karnataka, Bengaluru police commissioner Kamal Pant on Sunday urged people to strictly abide by the guidelines and warned of stringent action against violators. I urge my fellow Bengalureans to follow the lockdown guidelines from Monday more strictly. We can only be successful in our fight against #COVID19 if we work together, Stay Home, Stay Safe! Pant tweeted.
He warned that stringent action would be taken against those who violate the guidelines. The government announced lockdown-like restrictions from May 10 to 24 to contain the spread of COVID-19 as infections and related fatalities have shown a rapid rise. While the daily caseload is about 50,000, the active cases are inching closer to the six lakh mark, reportedly the highest in the country.