SINDH: Sindh police on Wednesday claimed to have apprehended 297 people over allegedly violating lockdown orders across Sindh province during 24 hours.
According to a spokesman for Sindh police, at least 91 people were arrested for violating lockdown orders from different areas of Karachi.
Those were arrested including 28 people from the South zone, 18 from East zone and 30 people arrested from the West zone. While the high-ups of the province instructed police not to register FIRs against detainees.
Meanwhile, 153 people were arrested by police from different areas of Sindh, includes 18 people from Hyderabad, 33 from Mirpurkhas, 04 from Shaheed Banazirabad, 13 from Sukkur and nine people were arrested from Larkana over the violation of lockdown.
Earlier, the Sindh government imposed a complete ban on public movement, social and religious gatherings across the province under Sindh Epidemic Diseases Act 2014.
In this regard, a notification stated that the violation of the orders will be considered as an offense punishable under section 188 of the Pakistan Penal code.
The movement of people, gathering of any kind and any other purpose at any public or private place will remain banned for the next 15 days amid coronavirus outbreak.
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