Coronavirus | 1 held, dozen booked for group namaz in Noida despite lockdown
The HinduOne man was arrested and around a dozen people booked here for allegedly gathering for a group namaz in violation of lockdown restrictions imposed due to coronavirus, the Noida police said on Thursday. An FIR was lodged under provisions including those of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005 and the Uttar Pradesh Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 after a video surfaced on social media on Wednesday evening purportedly showing the gathering on the terrace of a house for the prayer, the police said. “One of the accused in whose house the gathering was held has been arrested,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Sankalp Sharma told PTI. Another police official said at present, CrPC Section 144 is also imposed in Gautam Buddh Nagar in order to check the spread of coronavirus, while the government, the administration and the media have been appealing to the people to not hold gatherings or come out of their homes unless there is an emergency.