KATHMANDU: Police have detained over 300 persons from different places of Kathmandu Valley for violating lockdown on Sunday.
They were arrested till 7 am this morning, according to DIG Bishworaj Pokharel at Metropolitan Police Office, Ranipokhari.
Meanwhile, police will be holding the lockdown violators at the same place for two hours and send them back to home after providing necessary advice for not breaching the lockdown again.
According to Pokharel, police adopted the strategy as taking the arrestees on a vehicle could increase the risk of COVID-19 infection.
Kathmandu police have used devices to arrest the wrongdoers without directly touching them.
The device is called ‘multi-functional arrest and rescue device’. It helps police arrest criminals from maintaining proper distance.
DIG Pokharel argued that the device is useful in vulnerable situations as it could prevent police from direct touch and transmission of communicable diseases.
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