Port Blair, May 8: The Bharatiya Janata Party, A&N Islands, through its State President, Shri. Ajoy Bairagi has urged the Director General of Police, A&N Police Department to release all those two as well as four wheeler vehicles, which were seized by the A&N Police during the period of lockdown as a one-time relaxation, with a stern warning of serious legal consequences on any subsequent violations. He has asserted that in most of the cases, people were forced to go out for securing essential commodities, medicines and for other plausible & urgent reasons.

He has further stated that although there may be several persons who have violated the lockdown without any justified reasons at all and he is also mindful of the fact that there cannot be any excuse or concession in law, but considering the worldwide unprecedented pandemic of COVID-19 and the huge devastating consequences thereof in terms of loss of lives, slowdown of economy etc, which we have already suffered; a one-time relaxation of releasing all those vehicles may be given with a stern warning of serious legal consequences on any subsequent violations.