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For COVID containment in Chennai, Commando Forces of TN police department are providing their help
Posted on: 26/Jun/2020 10:02:57 AM
Next time, if you happen to come across men in black uniforms roaming around in the streets of Chennai, then please dont panic
With the number of COVID-19 positive cases increasing everyday in the Chennai city, the elite Commando force belonging to the Tamil Nadu police with black uniforms have stepped into COVID containment activities in Chennai. Wherever required in the city of Chennai, these personnel known for their speed and agility have been deployed as an additional force.
As per a senior police officer, initially 20 personnel have been deputed and entrusted with deputy Commissioners of Police for deployment in zones with more lockdown violations. In the thickly populated areas in Chennai, these newly appointed men would be used as strike force to accompany DCPs for the sake of spreading awareness.
As a part of area domination duty on Thursday, Washermenpet DCP took the Command force personnel along with few inspectors and assistant commissioners. The residents were of the opinion that it was a flag march that was conducted in an abnormal situation.
It was later brought out by Mr. A.K. Viswanathan, Chennai police commissioner that it was not a flag march. He added that these Commando forces were deployed from the reserve police strength to help the Deputy Commissioners. He wanted the Chennai residents to co-operate with the TN government and the police personnel in enforcing a complete lockdown.
Important information is till now 33,201 vehicles have been seized and as many as 36,568 persons have been booked for violating prohibitory orders. As many as16.192 cases were booked for not wearing facemasks and for not following social distancing norms.
The Chennai police commissioner later spoke about how still 5 more days still remain in the lockdown period. He wanted the delivery executives of food aggregators to maintain social distancing while standing before the outlets.
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