CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, To curb the mischief and arbitrariness of e-rickshaw drivers in Katni city, the traffic and police station took a strict stance and conducted a special checking campaign. During this, minor e-rickshaw drivers and suspicious persons were severely reprimanded. Kotwali TI Ashish Sharma said that first get the police verification done, only after that drive the vehicle on the road. If found without police verification, action will be taken to send them directly to jail. Kotwali police station in-charge Ashish Sharma said that Superintendent of Police Abhijeet Kumar Ranjan has given instructions to curb e-rickshaw drivers. Under the instructions received from the Superintendent of Police, a special investigation campaign was conducted at Mission Chowk on Tuesday evening under the guidance of Additional Superintendent of Police Dr. Santosh Dehariya and City Superintendent of Police Mrs. Khyati Mishra. During this time, the suspects were also searched while touring the area. While checking at Mission Chowk, minor e-rickshaw drivers and auto drivers and other three-wheeler drivers were given strict instructions to undergo police verification. They were also told that next time if they are found driving a vehicle without police verification, strict action will be taken. Kotwali police station in-charge Ashish Sharma said that involvement of auto drivers has been found in some criminal cases. Keeping this in mind, such action will be taken continuously in future to check auto drivers on the instructions of senior officials.