Six motorists booked for drunk driving in Chittoor

The Chittoor constabulary connected Saturday booked six motorists for drunk driving during a peculiar enforcement drive. Superintendent of Police (SP) Tushar Dudi and Deputy SP T. Sainath supervised the enforcement drive.

Speaking to the media, Traffic Inspector K. Lakshminarayana said that each six offenders were produced earlier the Principal Junior Civil Court, wherever Judicial Magistrate Uma Devi imposed a good of ₹10,000 connected each, totalling ₹60,000.

The Inspector warned that driving nether the power of intoxicant remained 1 of the starring causes of fatal accidents and said stringent enactment would continue. “As per Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, first-time offenders look a good of ₹10,000 oregon up to six months imprisonment, portion repetition offenders whitethorn beryllium jailed for up to 3 years oregon fined ₹15,000,” helium said, appealing to motorists to adhere to roadworthy information rules and debar drunk driving.