Coronavirus pandemic | Police find unique ways to punish lockdown violators

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh during lockdown (Representative Image)

Despite strict lockdown orders from the Centre, a number of people are stepping out for reasons other than procuring essential items or medical emergencies. Though the measures were implemented to ensure safety of the public and break the chain of transmission of the deadly novel coronavirus, people have been stepping out of their homes without any reason for the past one month.

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While some citizens continue to flout lockdown orders, jeopardising the physical wellbeing of themselves and others, the police force across various states have come up with unique ways to drive home the message. Apart from these exercises acting as a deterrent, they have also amused netizens by punishing offenders effectively without resorting to violent means.

Let us take a look at some such incidents:

The most recent incident that came to fore was that of Indore Police making lockdown violators do exercises as a form of punishment. The video of the same was shared by news agency ANI and has went viral on social media.

#WATCH: Police personnel punish the violators of #CoronavirusLockdown in Indore. #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/XG8JxvDKS4

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Truant strollers in Kolkata were made to do squats and frog jumps.

Most reports of unique punishments have emerged from Maharashtra, the state that has reported maximum COVID-19 casualties in India. In Pune, lockdown violators were tasked with doing yoga on the road along with other exercises.

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In Kondhwa region, nearly 100 people were caught violating the lockdown and were asked to do sit-ups and other exercises.

Thane Police, on the other hand, pulled a hilarious stunt by performing an 'aarti' to shame lockdown violators, the video of which had gone viral on social media too.

#WATCH: Police perform 'aarti' of people who were out on the streets for morning walk amid #Coronaviruslockdown in Thane, today. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/aqHk6SFZom

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

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