Police book 6,478 cases in one week for mask violation

Narayanpet police fail to book a single case, their counterparts in Jagtial, Wanaparthy and Bhupalpally registered one each

With a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, Telangana police are on an intensive enforcement drive to make citizens comply with the ‘Mask On’ rule even as the face mask has been made mandatory by the government. In the past seven days, the police registered ePetty cases against 6,478 erring citizens and slapped a penalty of ₹1,000 on each. While Narayanpet police failed to register even a single case since April 5 even as coronavirus-positive cases are on the rise in the district, their counterparts in Jagtial, Wanaparthy and Jayashankar-Bhupalpally booked one case each. However, Hyderabad Commissionerate topped the list with 2,030 ePetty cases, followed by commissionerates of Ramagundem (938), Rachakonda (670) and Cyberabad (514). In semi-urban police commissionerates, Karimnagar and Siddipet, there were just eight and nine cases respectively, while among districts, Sangareddy topped the list with 349 ePetty cases, followed by Kamareddy at 272 cases, and Suryapet at 257 cases for mask rule violation. Police in tribal districts like Adilabad, Mulugu, Bhadradri-Kothagudem and Kumaram Bheem-Asifabad have registered five, 16, 22, and 48 cases, respectively.