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Updated April 10th, 2020 at 22:02 IST

C'garh: 16 booked for defying lockdown order

A case has been registered against 16 people for allegedly violating the lockdown orders, by gathering for a religious event at a town in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

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A case has been registered against 16 people for allegedly violating the lockdown orders, by gathering for a religious event at a town in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal said that at least 16 people had gathered at a Dargah in Ratanpur town for Shab-e-Barat on Thursday night.

"On getting information about it, a police team rushed to the spot and later an FIR was lodged against them at Ratanpur police station," he said.

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They were booked under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 147 (rioting) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, he said.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had on April 8 appealed to the members of the Muslim community to pray at home on Shab-e-Barat and follow the social distancing protocol to prevent the spread coronavirus.

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Published April 10th, 2020 at 22:02 IST

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