While Corona infection has spread its tentacles in the nook and cranny of the city, police caught as many as 129 people who allegedly roaming around in public places in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city without masks on Wednesday and send them to jail.

The superintendent of the  Central Jail, Rakesh Kumar Bhangera told before leading media that People were brought in from different areas of the city to a temporary jail under section 151 (precautionary arrests made to prevent cognizable offences) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC),  The violators were roaming in public places without any reason, he said.

A temporary jail has been set up at a community guesthouse in Snehlataganj area of Indore and has a capacity to take in 300 inmates, he said. Inmates of the temporary jail are released within three hours of admission, the official said. Before being admitted in the temporary facility, violators were asked to give a bond that they will follow all the COVID-19 guidelines, he said.

Indore is the worst-affected district in the pandemic in the state, where the administration has imposed a ''janata curfew'' till April 30 as a measure to contain the viral spread. Under this, citizens have been asked to leave their homes only if it is urgent.

At least 15 personnel have been deployed in the temporary jail and CCTV cameras are also installed, the official said.

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