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MARGAO
After Sunday’s ugly incident wherein a men-in-khaki was caught thrashing a rider for not observing the Janata Curfew, the Goa police on Monday changed gears, resorting to making appeals over microphones to enforce the
curfew.
District Police Chief, SP Arvind Gawas, however, said the police will go all out to enforce the curfew and the prohibitory orders issued by the District Collector, South, from Tuesday to achieve the objective.
Police officers moved around the localities in their respective jurisdictions with microphones, making appeals over the phone to convince the people to stay indoors. The men-in-uniform used the means of propaganda to make the people aware of the prohibitory orders in place and stay indoors.
Police sources, however, said that the appeal over the microphones has had little effect on the people, with many motorists, including riders on the roads throughout Monday.
Gawas said the exercise was part of the police action plan to persuade people to stay indoors and let them know that moving around in violation of prohibitory orders will not serve the intended objective of the curfew.
He, however, made it clear that the police will no longer remain lenient to the violators of Section 144 of the Cr PC issued by the District Collector. “We want to make clear to the people to please stay indoors during the curfew hours. When the Collector has issued the prohibitory orders, it has been done with some objective in mind”, SP Gawas said.
