They wanted to leave the national capital due to the spread of coronavirus. (Representational)
Eight people, including two children, were intercepted at a picket in central Delhi on Thursday when they were travelling to Bihar in a car amid the lockdown on a fake curfew pass, officials said.
The police intercepted their car at the Idgah picket on Rani Jhansi road.
There were five men, one woman and two children inside the vehicle, police said.
They were natives of Madhubani district in Bihar and were presently residing at Gali Chameliyan in Sadar Bazar, police said.
The eight of them wanted to leave the national capital and travel to Madhubani due to the spread of coronavirus. They had a fake curfew pass, a senior police officer said.
A case has been registered against them as they managed to come out of the Sadar Bazar area despite it being a containment zone, police said.
World
67,69,38,430Cases
62,55,71,965Active
4,44,81,893Recovered
68,84,572Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 200 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 67,69,38,430 and 68,84,572 have died; 62,55,71,965 are active cases and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 10:54 am.
India
4,50,19,214 475Cases
3,919 -83Active
4,44,81,893 552Recovered
5,33,402 6Deaths
In India, there are 4,50,19,214 confirmed cases including 5,33,402 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,919 and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 8:00 am.
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