AHMEDABAD: The extra time in a football match landed three footballers from the city in police net late as they crossed the curfew time and were found on a public road at around 10.10pm on Saturday.
According to an FIR filed with Vastrapur police, cops deployed at Sindhu Bhavan junction near a food court in the Bodakdev area were checking vehicles to implement curfew, when they saw the SUV of the trio and stopped them.
“We asked them why they were travelling during the curfew hours. They said they had gone to play football at a club where the match went to extra time,” mentioned the FIR filed by a head constable of Vastrapur police.
“They did not realize the time and therefore, they got late in leaving for their homes and were caught during the curfew hours,” the FIR stated
The FIR mentioned that playing football and getting late due to “extra time” could not be a valid reason for breaching curfew.
Thus, the three men including a 21-year-old from Kubernagar, a 20-year-old from Sardarnagar and a 19-year-old from Chandkheda were booked for violation of curfew norms.
The FIR stated that the three men had gone out despite knowing that there was curfew and they did not have any pass or permit for any need to break curfew.
Police personnel also booked the three men under the charges of epidemic act and disaster management act.
Earlier, cases of violation of curfew were filed when people were caught during curfew hours as they went out to meet friends or they got delayed in the office.
