KANNUR: People on Monday come out on the road in big groups, throwing Red Zone restrictions to the wind. Following this, the police also came out with warnings of strict action.

Ironically, Kannur is the district where highest number of Covid patients were reported and it is here people have come out in groups even as the lockdown entered the third phase.

Policemen have been deployed in the district under the supervision of two IGs.

Though the police tried to keep people indoors by exploring options including triple lockdown, many exploited lockdown relaxations and came out.

Kannur SP Yatheesh Chandra has said that he will not allow people to come out on the streets in groups .

“The district is still under Triple lockdown. If people again come out this, the police will toughens action. There will be immediate arrest if people step out of their homes in hotspots,” he warned.