423 persons punished for drunk driving

Hyderabad: The third and fourth Metropolitan Magistrate courts at Erramanzil here have imposed imprisonment on 16 persons for different periods for drunk driving offence. The courts also imposed Rs 2,000 on each of 423 accused caught while driving under the influence of alcohol.

Additional Commissioner (Traffic) Jitender, in a press statement here on Friday, said that as many as 423 persons were caught during the drive against drunk driving conducted between August 19 and 26. He said that the courts had sentenced two persons seven days imprisonment, two persons to five days, three persons to three days, four persons to two days and five persons till the rising of the court.