The Delhi Police has apprehended eight people and registered a case against them for gathering at a Gurudwara in North Delhi’s Kotwali during a lockdown on early Sunday morning.
According to a senior police official, on wee hours of Sunday at 2.15 am, during patrolling Sub-Inspector along with police team checked Gurudwara Sisganj and found ‘paath’ being performed in the Gurudwara, they said.
“On seeing police, the people assembled there started to flee away but the police managed to apprehended eight of them. The apprehended people were served notices under section 41 A Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for violation,” the senior police official said.
“A case was registered against them under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease) and 270 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code at Kotwali police station,” he said.
“The apprehended people were not wearing masks and violated the order of not gathering at a religious place during the Coronavirus pandemic,” the senior police official added.