Friday, October 23, 2020

Circular soon to omit ‘smelled mouth’ from FIRs

When it comes to nabbing drunk people, cops usually follow their thumb-rule of smelling the suspect’s mouth to decide whether he has consumed alcohol. But, senior police officials claim that the rule is followed only on paper. Given the Covid-19 situation, ‘smelling the mouth’ carries dangerous connotations of breaching social distancing and putting the suspect in a vulnerable position and promoting spread of disease — as the coronavirus attacks and resides in the respiratory tract.

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