Court imprisons 44 for drunken driving

Ongole: The Prakasam district mobile court imposed cash fine for 46 persons and imprisoned 44 persons from the fined people on Thursday for drunken driving and violation of Motor Vehicles Act.

The Ongole traffic police DSP, K Venugopal along with the SIs K Hanumantha Rao, U Srinivasulu and constables arrested 46 persons for drunken driving and violation of road safety rules, motor vehicles act and presented before the mobile court on Thursday.

The judge imposed a fine of Rs 2,100 for each person and the police collected Rs 96,600 from them. The court also imprisoned 20 accused for two days, 15 accused for 3 days, five persons for 5 days and four accused for 7 days each who drank above 100 percent of the permitted limit.

The Ongole traffic police offered counseling to the remaining accused involved in the drunken driving at the traffic police station.