10 Arrested In Noida For Gathering To Offer Namaz, Violating Lockdown
Efforts are underway to arrest the remainder, police stated (Representational)
Noida:
A person, who organised a bunch namaz, and 9 others had been arrested in Noida on Thursday for allegedly collecting for the prayer and violating the lockdown restrictions imposed, the Noida Police stated.
An FIR used to be lodged in opposition to them underneath provisions together with the ones of the Nationwide Crisis Control Act, 2005, and the Uttar Pradesh Epidemic Sicknesses Act, 1897, after a video surfaced on social media Wednesday night purportedly appearing the collection at the terrace of a area for the prayer, they stated.
“Round a dozen other people had been charged within the case and 10 of them, together with the organizer of the prayer assembly, were arrested through the police,” a police spokesperson stated.
“The ones named within the FIR and arrested are Saadiq, Saaliq, Saqib, Guddu, Noor Hasan, Shamsher, Firoz, Razi Alam, Tabrooq, Chhotu, whilst efforts are underway to arrest the remainder,” the spokesperson added.
The video, that used to be shared on social media, confirmed 10-12 males collecting to provide namaz at the terrace of a area, in keeping with police.
The topic used to be instantly probed and the organiser used to be known as Sadiq, police stated.
The police stated Segment 144 of the Code of Prison Process used to be imposed in Gautam Buddh Nagar to curb the unfold of coronavirus.
“In spite of these kinds of measures, those males violated the orders for gratifying a not unusual function and illegally held a meeting to provide namaz. By way of their defiance and lack of understanding, their act may just result in the unfold of coronavirus,” the spokesperson stated.
An FIR has been registered in opposition to them underneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code for disobedience to reserve duly promulgated through public servant, unlawfully or negligently spreading an infection of any illness unhealthy to existence and malignant act prone to unfold an infection of illness unhealthy to existence, police stated.
Up to now 48 instances of coronavirus were detected in Gautam Buddh Nagar which is the very best choice of COVID-19 sufferers for any district in Uttar Pradesh, in keeping with reliable figures.
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