A former BJP MLA from old city area of Jammu along with deputy Mayor and local corporator of Jammu Municipal Corporation were booked by the local police authorities for violating social distancing norms at the time of distribution of free ration in Raghunath bazaar area of Jammu on Saturday.
Meanwhile, no fresh case of coronavirus was detected in Jammu region for the fourth day in succession while 13 new cases of Covid-19 were detected across Kashmir valley, taking the total tally to 341 in Jammu & Kashmir.
According to reports, during day time former BJP MLA, who represented Jammu city along with his supporters and accompanied by Deputy Mayor and local JMC corporator were found violating social distancing norms by the duty Magistrate on ground zero i.
When these leaders were requested to observe the social distancing they started arguing with the officials on duty prompting them to file a written complaint following which a FIR no 24 /20 u/s 188,353,269,270 was registered in Police station Jammu city against Dy Mayor Purnima sharma, ex MLA Rajesh Gupta, Corporator Sandhya Gupta and others for flouting the laws and putting the life of general public on risk during distribution of ration near Hari Theatre.
Late Friday night, Jammu police had also registered a FIR NO 109/2020 under section 188 IPC and 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act against a prominent hotelier from Srinagar for violating lockdown conditions and fleeing from red-zone area in Bhatindi to Srinagar. Official sources said, the businessmen, who enjoyed clout, managed to gave a slip to local police from red zone area of Bhatindi in Jammu before surfacing outside his home on Zakoora area of Srinagar. He was subjected to thorough medical screening and put under home quarantine for 14 day period as per the guidelines.