Cops Asked Not to Collect Fine from Vehicles Carrying Migrants

Maharashtra Highway Police have issued an order asking their personnel to not acquire wonderful from automobiles carrying migrant labourers throughout the lockdown.

Following complaints that some police personnel had been amassing cash illegally within the guise of wonderful from such automobiles, the freeway police warned that these discovered indulging in such acts could be terminated from service.

Amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, 1000’s of migrant employees who’ve misplaced their jobs and folks stranded in Maharashtra have been returning to their native locations.

Many of them are leaving in non-public automobiles, and the state freeway police have been taking motion towards them for violation of provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.

However, senior police officers lately obtained complaints that at some locations, the freeway police personnel had been amassing cash illegally within the guise of wonderful from these automobiles.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray additionally took be aware of the complaints and state Director General of Police conveyed his displeasure over such incidents.

Subsequently, the freeway police on Wednesday issued an order to cease any sort of wonderful assortment from automobiles carrying migrants labourers, and requested that if any motion is required to be taken underneath the Motor Vehicles Act, it mustn’t contain taking cash.

“If any officer or personnel is found collecting money from those vehicles, then he or she will not only be suspended but also terminated from service,” the order mentioned.

The order was circulated in north and west Maharashtra, and Konkan, which falls underneath the jurisdiction of Thane area’s superintendent of police of the state freeway.

The order additionally mentioned that the police personnel ought to assist migrant employees of their journey throughout this powerful time.