On Friday (May 1) police started releasing the vehicles seized during the coronavirus lockdown.<br /><br />“It has been decided to return the vehicles,” said police commissioner Bhaskar Rao.<br /><br />Footage from Sunday (May 3) shows hundreds of motorbikes stacked together and masked owners queueing to collect their vehicles. <br /><br />According to local media, car and two-wheeler owners stopped for violating movement restrictions must pay Rs 1,000 and Rs 500, respectively, according to the order issued by a division bench of chief justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and justice Vishwajit Shetty. <br /><br />This sum is to be regarded as a security deposit for now, but could be treated as fine later if relevant authorities rule that the person had ignored lockdown restrictions without a genuine need.
