Thirteen people were booked for violating lockdown norms in Katghora, police said here on Saturday.
“Members of Jama Masjid committee located in Purani Basti of Katghora, were booked after it was known that they provided wrong information to health workers about the people linked to Tablighi Jamaat staying at the mosque,” superintendent of police (SP) Korba, Abhishek Meena said.
According to the SP, during initial questioning by health department workers, the mosque committee members had tried to hide the presence of people linked to Tablighi Jamaat at the mosque due to which coronavirus spread in Katghora.
Police said that the 16 people linked to Tablighi Jamaat were staying at the Jama Masjid while Section 144 of IPC was in-force and a namaaz was organized in which a good numbers of people took part.
An FIR has been registered against them under Sections 188, 269, 270, 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 3 of the Epidemic Act, 1987, police said.
No arrests have been made so far, police added.
Notably, a minor staying in the mosque was detected with COVID-19 and later seven other people who came in contact with the boy also tested positive for Covid-19.
The seven are currently admitted at AIIMS, Raipur, while the minor was discharged from AIIMS after he recovered from viral infection on Saturday.