Police has said that a total of 163 arrests were made on Monday across Sindh.

These arrests were made of over violation of lockdown measures implemented by provincial government to control the spread of coronavirus.

the people arrested were held over charges of violations of Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code and hoarding of masks, sanitises and gloves etc.

Giving breakdown of the arrests, police said that 58 people were detained in Karachi including 41 in East Zone, 12 in West Zone and five in South Zone of the metropolis and a total of 30 FIRs were registered.

38 persons were detained in Hyderabad, three in Mirpurkhas, six in Benazirabad, 31 in Sukkur and 27 in Larkana. A total of 69 FIRs were registered from these areas.

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