Delhi Police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Ahmad Zia Ghani, the chief of the Afghan Solidarity Committee, for allegedly violating Covid-19 guidelines while protesting outside the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) office in the national Capital.
The FIR was registered at Vasant Vihar Police Station on August 31. According to Ingit Pratap Singh, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southwest district, police has registered a case under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code last week for violating Covid guidelines and no one has been arrested yet.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a status report in the High Court stating that the protest by Afghan refugees has been withdrawn from the UNHCR office.