Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday has decided to be strict and apply National Security Act (NSA) on people who attack police personnel during the lockdown.
The development comes after several reports of such incidents were brought to light.
“The police is doing its duty by preventing people to come out during lockdown. There have been incidents in the state in which policemen were attacked by people. To deter such persons, it has been decided to invoke NSA against such persons,” a senior Home Department official told news agency Press Trust of India.
The move is aimed to deter those who are taking lockdown lightly and even attacking policemen when they are prevented, he said.
One such incident happened on April 1, in Muzaffarnagar, when a sub-inspector and a constable were seriously injured after a police team trying to enforce the ongoing lockdown was attacked by a group of villagers.
