The Quint : Oct 29, 2019, 09:16 AM
As many as 210 people were arrested and 371 cases were registered in Delhi on Diwali night, Delhi Police’s data showed on Monday, 28 October.Of the total cases, 56 were registered for storing and selling firecrackers illegally and 44 people were arrested. The rest 315 cases were registered for bursting illegal firecrackers and also for bursting any cracker outside the two-hour window; 166 people were arrested for the offences, the data showed."A total of 371 cases were registered (for various violations), 210 people were arrested and 3764.75 kg firecrackers was seized on Diwali," the data stated.Police received 940 calls on Diwali for violation of several rules.The maximum number of cases were registered in Dwarka district at 75. West district reported 56 cases, northeast 54, Shahdara 34, Rohini 23, Northwest 22, South 21, East 19, Southeast 18, Central 17, North 15, Outer Delhi 13 and southwest district 4.Out of the total 210 arrests, 52 were made by Northeast district police, 22 by South, 21 by Rohini, 15 by Central, 15 by Northwest, 30 by West, 13 by Southeast, 7 by Outer, 8 by Shahdara, 9 by Dwarka, 5 by Southwest and 13 by North districts.From the 210 people arrested, 44 were held under the Explosives Act and 166 under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).Meanwhile, among the 371 cases, 315 were registered under IPC Section 188 and 56 of them under the Explosives Act.