COVID-19: 1.10 lakh cases filed, 20,900 held amid lockdown

Maharashtra has been the worst hit states by the coronavirus. The state has been under lockdown for over 60 days. Amid the lockdown over 1.10 lakh offences were registered and almost 21,000 people were arrested so far across the state for offences connected to the coronavirus lockdown, police said on Tuesday.

Majority of the offenders have been booked under section 188 of the IPC for disobedience to official orders, police said.

There were 243 incidents of assaults on policemen enforcing the lockdown, and 822 persons have been arrested in the connection, he said.

Police attended 95,000 calls on control room numbers during the lockdown as well, he said.