There will be extra deployment at each police division to deal with emergencies and the combat force, too, might be deployed at specific pockets.
“Unlike July, we are prosecuting people violating social distancing norms even on non-lockdown days. On Monday, we prosecuted 317 people and, till noon on Tuesday, 67 had been prosecuted; 148 others were found without masks in cars,” said an officer at Lalbazar.
On Tuesday, each trouble pocket of each police station saw police announcements from 5pm. “This was the general warning for residents not to venture out during lockdown,” said an officer. At 10pm, cops carried out another round of announcements, this time with a larger force. “There is a lockdown each day from 10pm to 5am. This was the time to send out a strong reminder about the lockdown,” said an officer from a southeast division who has two containment zones under his police station.
The plan, cops claimed, is to dominate the roads from 5am on Wednesday. “The night officer will be on his round from 5am. If we gain the upper hand here, we win most of this battle,” said an officer. The cops plan to start checking cars from 6am and there will be at least two checkpoints in each police station area. In some pockets, like Haridevpur and Kolkata Leather Complex, which are bigger, there will be more.
