The Ghaziabad district administration has filed first information report (FIR) with Indirapuram police station against erring public schools that did not follow District Magistrate’s instructions to keep schools closed till January 20.
“On Friday, we conducted videographs and submitted them to police. The cases have been registered under Section 188 of CrPC against two public schools operating their business in the Indirapuram area. Under Section 188 of CrPC, a provision of one month imprisonment and a penalty of `2,000 exist. On Friday, two schools were found disregarding the District Magistrate’s closure orders,” said Ranvijay Singh, Circle Officer IV of Ghaziabad Police. Although some schools in Raj Nagar area were also found open but they were not conducting classes.