THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has warned that from tomorrow (Thursday) onwards, case will be registered against lockdown violators under Epidemic Act

“The government will continue its stringent stand for the implementation of the lockdown. We are thinking of invoking the Epidemic act from tomorrow onwards,” the chief minister said.

Till now, the police have registered 22,338 cases against lockdown violators. 2155 persons have been arrested. 12783 vehicles have also been seized. The other day the chief minister had said that checking and examination will be made more intense.

The government has decided to toughen the measures as the number of people coming out on the roads had started increasing over the past few days, despite the lockdown. The police decision is to file a case against people stepping out of their homes bearing an affidavit that state flimsy reasons.