513 cases of drunk driving booked in one night

BENGALURU: The city police booked 513 drunk driving (DD) cases on New Year’s Eve. The traffic police checked around 28,127 vehicles.

The New Year celebration was at its peak in Silicon City last night. Thousands of revellers celebrated the New Year at the popular revelry spots of MG Road, Brigade Road, Church Street, Whitefield, Commercial Street, Koramangala etc.

The roads were jampacked with people celebrating the start of a new year. Unfortunately, many were spotted drunk and some even fell sick.

There were scenes of many young men and women getting drunk. Some of the women who collapsed after drinking liquor were taken away by their friends. The police department conducted drunk driving checking intensively to prevent untowards incidents.