Bhadrak: District police Saturday fined an ambulance owner for illegally ferrying passengers in violation of COVID-19 lockdown norms.
According to a source, the vehicle owner was collecting money from the passengers to transport them. He was fined Rs 31,500 under various heads.
The source added that a police team was on motor vehicle inspection duty when it caught the ambulance ferrying passengers near Charampa area in the district following which he was fined.