Having pass is no licence to roam around: Karnataka DGP; warns penal action
Bengaluru: Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood on Sunday warned penal action against misuse of passes issued for movement of people and vehicles for essential duties during the lockdown, and said, having a pass is no licence to roam around.
While stating that all passes issued are valid till May 3, he also made it clear that no more new passes will be issued by Bengaluru police, other than emergency day passes.
"All passes, electronic/physical, are valid till 3 rd May without any further action. No more passes to be issued by @CPBlr (Bengaluru Commissioner). Just having pass no licence to roam around. Pass is procured for essential duties as defined by govt. Misuse will attract cancellation and penal action," the Karnataka DGP tweeted.
He, however said, emergency day passes will continued to be issued from all police stations in Bengaluru City.
"For one time / one day/ one way inter-state pass for med emergency/child birth/ sad demise of immediate family member call 22942300/ 2400/2500 with medical transcription. We will try our best to unite families," the DGP said in another tweet.
The city police have issued over two lakh passes for for seamless service of essentials, while rejecting nearly 56 lakh applications, Additional Commissioner of Police (Administration), Bengaluru City- Hemant Nimbalkar had said on Saturday.
All passes, electronic/physical, are valid till 3 rd May without any further action. No more passes to be issued by @CPBlr. Just having pass no licence to roam around. Pass is procured for essential duties as defined by govt. Misuse will attract cancellation and penal action.
— DGP KARNATAKA (@DgpKarnataka) April 19, 2020
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
