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Mumbai: 8,000 odd complaints but just 86 cases on crackers being burst
Updated On: 10 November, 2018 07:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Ojha and Faizan Khan
While the Mumbai police get a plethora of calls about Apex Court's firecracker deadline being violated, they manage to book very few people across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai
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Crackers being burst at Walkeshwar past the deadline last night. Pic/Bipin Kokate
Phones at the Mumbai Police control room have been ringing off the hook this festive season, with personnel receiving 8,000-odd complaint calls on crackers being burst at any odd hour, in violation of the Supreme Court order of 8 pm to 10 pm only. Yet the police have managed to book only a handful of people for this.
As per information available with mid-day, till Friday 7 pm, cops had booked 55 people in 48 cases - six FIRs with 13 accused and 42 LACs (Local Act Cases, under which there is no charge sheet or a trial; the person booked is fined and later sent a notice to be present in court for a day) against 42 people across the city under IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 34 (common intention), and relevant sections of the Bombay Police Act. Of the booked, 52 have been fined Rs 5,000 each, while a hunt is on for the remaining two who haven't been nabbed yet. Till the time of going to press, the Mumbai Police hadn't released the official numbers.
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