India, March 16 -- The district traffic police have booked three motorists and fined another 968 for driving while intoxicated during the first two weeks of March, officials said on Sunday.

FIRs were registered under sections 281 (rash driving) and 125 (acts done so rashly or negligently that they endanger human life or personal safety) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 185 (driving or attempting to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs) of the Motor Vehicles Act, against three drivers after they were found driving above the legally permissible limit of 30 mg of alcohol, officials said, adding that their vehicles were also impounded.

Dr Rajesh Mohan, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), said in February, "We d...