Are you special? Sircilla Collector schools Janata Curfew violators in viral video

Rajanna Sircilla collector D Krishna Bhaskar rebuked citizens who had ventured out during the janata curfew on Sunday. In videos that are now viral across social media, the district collector was out on the streets, imposing the 14-hour curfew called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Days after the Prime Minister called for the self-imposed curfew, Telangana went further and extended it to a 24-hour curfew.

 

The Rajanna Sircilla district collector was seen stopping vehicles on the road and questioned the commuters as to why they were on the roads. The government had allow emergency and essential travel to be undertaken on the day.

The collector seized vehicles deemed travelling 'without a valid reason'.

Telangana's Sirisilla district collector became furious after looking public on road for no reasons. He asked them to go back to home in his style. Every collector across the country should make it strict to come on to roads. #Corona #JanathaCurfew #coronaupdatesindia pic.twitter.com/rT25u8c7Ul

— Agasthya Kantu (@agasthyakantu) March 23, 2020

In one of the videos, collector Krishna Bhaskar is seen stopping both two-wheelers and four-wheelers and shouted at them, asking if they were somehow 'special' to be on the roads; he asked them to leave immediately.  

 

He was also seen asking drivers whether they had any responsibility towards society and questioned why people were on the roads during the lockdown period.  

In another video, however, one man, claiming to be a local leader, asked the collector as to why he was being questioned. The district collector reportedly ordered his arrested on the spot.

A man claiming to be a leader questioned Sircilla district collector Krishna Bhaskar for stopping him. And look what happened. #nellorepeddareddy pic.twitter.com/Pn0Dd1Sr0r

— Sushil Rao (@sushilrTOI) March 23, 2020

On Sunday, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao called for a state-wide lockdown as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The same is being imposed across various districts.

Meanwhile, the number of positive cases in Telangana rose to 33 on Monday, as per figures provided by the Telangana Public Health and Family Welfare Department.