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Jamshedpur, Jan 7 (PTI) An FIR was registered against 200 BJP leaders and workers, including former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, for allegedly violating COVID-19 norms during a rally in East Singhbhum district, police said on Friday.
On a complaint by Dr Joy Gudia, the City Manager of Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee, the FIR was lodged at Sakchi Police Station hours after the saffron party activists took out the march here on Thursday to protest against an alleged security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi"s visit to Punjab on January 5.
"The FIR was registered against 200 BJP leaders and activists, including the former CM and Jamshedpur MP Bidyut Baran Mahato.
The case was filed under Disaster Management Act," Sakchi Police Station officer-in-charge (Acting) Parvez Alam said.
Gudia alleged that those who had participated in the rally led by Das and Mahato did not follow health safety protocols and wear face masks, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state.
Jharkhand on Thursday recorded 3,704 fresh cases, which pushed the caseload in the state to 3,65,222, a health department bulletin said.