NEW DELHI, March 26 - Drones were deployed to warn people against breaching restrictions and more booked for the violations on the second day of the three-week coronavirus lockdown on Thursday, as Central and state authorities ramped up measures to ensure there was no supply disruption of essential commodities.
The unprecedented national lockdown also had a tragic fallout when a 28-year-old man allegedly killed his younger brother for stepping out of their home in Mumbai�s western suburb of Kandivali.
Police said Rajesh Laxmi Thakur killed his younger brother Durgesh after the latter stepped out of the house despite repeated warnings about the lockdown on Wednesday night, an official from Samta Nagar police station said. The official said Rajesh has been arrested.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a fervent appeal to the countrymen on Tuesday night not to cross the Lakshman Rekha of their homes in the next three weeks to make the lockdown a success in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus.
Roads wore a deserted look as police personnel kept a tight vigil but violations relating to prohibitory orders continued.
A ruling Congress MLA in Puducherry was booked for allegedly violating lockdown rules and distributing dole in the form of vegetables in bags to about 200 people outside his home, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi said.
In a WhatsApp message to mediapersons, she said an FIR had been registered against A John Kumar and also the people who had assembled ouside his home in Nellithope village on Wednesday. The Orleanpet police also confirmed the filing of the cases.
Police vehicles fitted with public address systems went around the residential areas in several places to announce that restrictions under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) that prohibits assembly of more than five persons are in force and advised people to stay indoors. � PTI
