10-15 booked for doing puja outside temple

  • | Monday | 30th March, 2020

Third case regarding violation of gathering of people to perform religious activity has been registered on Saturday after 10-15 people were booked for performing Puja outside a temple in Peer Gate area; earlier two cases were registered for gathering to offer Namaz in the state capital. Kotwali police have booked around 10-15 people for gathering at one place to perform Pooja amid Lockdown imposed in the state capital.The police have taken action against the people after a video of performing Pooja went viral. Action has been taken after video of their act went viral on social media. Police are trying to identify people and police personnel present at the time of the Pooja performed. Earlier a priest and people at the Talaiya offering prayers and a gathering of 25-30 people in Teelajamalpura were booked by police.

Third case regarding violation of gathering of people to perform religious activity has been registered on Saturday after 10-15 people were booked for performing Puja outside a temple in Peer Gate area; earlier two cases were registered for gathering to offer Namaz in the state capital. Even after every hard effort to contain transmission of Coronavirus people are not ready to mend their ways and taking the biggest lockdown of the world least sensitivity. Kotwali police have booked around 10-15 people for gathering at one place to perform Pooja amid Lockdown imposed in the state capital.The police have taken action against the people after a video of performing Pooja went viral. Action has been taken after video of their act went viral on social media. The SHO of Kotwali police station, Praful Shrivastava said that in the morning on Saturday around 9:30 few people gathered at Peer Gate area outside Bhawani Mandir (Curfew wali Mata) mandir and performed puja together and at the time of the Pooja police personnel deployed were present but failed to spot them. Later recorded video was shared on social media and taking cognizance of video senior officers instructed to lodge a police complaint against those people as in the time of Coronavirus spreading all the religious places including temples, mosques and church are closed and gathering not allowed. Police are trying to identify people and police personnel present at the time of the Pooja performed. Earlier a priest and people at the Talaiya offering prayers and a gathering of 25-30 people in Teelajamalpura were booked by police.

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