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Police get tough with boisterous revellers

Staff Reporter

— Photo : N. Sridharan

VANDALISM: A group of youths uprooting a traffic signboard at Besant Nagar in Chennai on Monday night.

CHENNAI: In the hours leading to the New Year since Monday evening, the police booked 150 cases for overspeeding, charged 125 drivers with drunk driving and registered 30 cases of rash and negligent driving.

In many places, boisterous revellers gave anxious moments to the public and police. Uneasy calm prevailed in and around the Elliots Beach, as some youths indulged in rash driving. In Besant Nagar, the police resorted to mild lathicharge to restore order after a group of people turned unruly.

A group of riders damaged public properties, including traffic signboards, a police booth and a few mobile barricades in the area.

Traffic police at various locations, including Teynampet, Pantheon Road and near the Thiruvanmiyur bus stand, said that they imposed fines on two-wheeler riders for drunk driving. “We detained two-wheeler riders for a few hours and let them off after sometime,” an officer said.

The tight vigil till 5 am on Tuesday ensured that there was no accident, said Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sunil Kumar.

Commissioner of Police G. Nanchil Kumaran told The Hindu that the presence of policemen and officers till Tuesday morning enabled in regulating crowd at places of worship.

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