East Division traffic cops booked 28 for drunk driving in single night ‘special drive’

Pramesh S Jain 

The East Division Traffic Police on Saturday launched a special drive against drunk and Drive and booked 28 motorists for driving drunk .

The drive was launched to keep a check on rise in violations and to contain road accidents.

Senior officer said as many as 735 vehicles checked at the strategic locations and found 28 drivers driving vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

The violators were not only booked under DD cases but also Impounded their licenses which would be sent to RTOs with a recommendation to suspend them depending upon the number of cases,said Kuldeep Kumar R Jain,DCP, Traffic East Division,said.

Joint commissioner of police,MN Anucheth said that the number of drunk driving cases have come down drastically in the city due to strict enforcement and penalty .

However the drive will continue across the city randomly to check on drunk drivers .