Police officers in New Town collect nets with which some people caught fish off Major Arterial Road on Thursday morning.

Water overflowed from a fishery in the township after a spell of heavy rain and partially inundated a smaller road. Along with the water came fish.

Water overflowed from a fishery in the township after a spell of heavy rain and partially inundated a smaller road. Along with the water came fish.

Police said they had been alerted about a group of men violating the lockdown. On inquiry, they came to know that residents of villages in the Rajarhat-New Town area had gathered at the spot, near Eco Park, and were fishing.

The group fled on seeing cops, leaving behind the nets and the fish they had caught.

The group fled on seeing cops, leaving behind the nets and the fish they had caught. They were later prosecuted and the fish seized.

“They violated the lockdown by stepping out of their homes. They were not wearing masks. They have been prosecuted,” an officer of the Bidhannagar commissionerate said.