Delhi Lockdown: Strict checking by police in parts of city

Police pickets placed in Nizamuddin area of Delhi on Apr 20 to keep a check over vehicular movement as the city is under lockdown.

Police looked for valid passes for the movement.

DCP (South-East) Rajendra P Meena said, "Essential services exempted during lockdown including newly-added category of advocates.

We have set up 3 pickets under each police station and added extra force in areas where we anticipate crowds.

No major violations have been noticed since morning".

Delhi government imposed a week-long lockdown to control spread of coronavirus.

The national capital reported 23,686 new cases and 240 fatalities on April 19.