Being bored no valid reason to be on road, woman booked

Ahmedabad: People weathering the lockdown, especially those living alone, may have fits of boredom, but being bored is no valid reason to be out on the streets and flout lockdown norms. On Monday, a woman was booked by Sabarmati riverfront (West) police for walking near the riverfront garden and claiming that boredom had pushed her to violate the police notification.According to the FIR registered in the matter by Sabarmati riverfront (West) police, the woman, 37, a resident of Usmanpura, was stopped by cops when she was seen walking near the garden. She told police that she was taking a walk as she had become bored cooped up in her house alone.
“The woman works in a private firm and lives alone. She said she tried to cope with the lockdown, but then went for a walk on Friday morning and ended up being booked under Section 188 of IPC,” said a police official.
Inspector M A Singh of Sabarmati riverfront (west) police said that the cops were on the lookout for morning walkers flouting lockdown when the woman was spotted.
She added, “Two days ago, a man when stopped by the cops said he was a diabetic and some ayurvedic doctor has told him to chew neem leaves so he had gone out to find a neem tree. However, this was not accepted as a valid reason and the man was booked for flouting police notification.”