Complaint filed against Shaheen Bagh Protesters in wake of Covid19 scare

In an important development, 4 public-spirited persons — three lawyers and a law student have lodged a complaint against the indefinite protests staged at Shaheen Bagh to resist the new citizenship law. One of the complainants shared a copy of the complaint on Twitter Shaheen Bagh might soon become a hotbed for CoVID-19 with news emerging that one suspected patient had already participated in these protests. @BBTheorist @solicitorNikunj pic.twitter.com/ms9VkqnnIi — Sarthak Raizada March 20, 2020 As the risk of Shaheen Bagh protestors getting exposed to Coronavirus continues, in the complaint filed by these activist citizens, it has been stated, “With the onslaught of the coronavirus that has gripped more than 182 countries causing a manifold increase in fatalities, the protests at Shaheen Bagh pose an imminent threat and danger to the lives of millions of Indians”. Citing the preventive advisories issued both by the Union Government and NCT Government, the complaint alleges, “an assembly such as Shaheen Bagh has the capacity to unleash a pandemic of unmanageable proportions.” While noting that “Under the pretext of the constitutional right to dissent, Shaheen Bagh has emerged as breeding grounds for an insidious campaign to destabilize India’s peace and security”the complainants have highlighted how the protest at Shaheen Bagh defy fundamental notions of civic obligations saddled on Indian citizens. Read- Coronavirus: Anti-CAA protests organiser in Delhi shows symptoms of COVID-19 after sister tests positive, had visited ‘protest’ site As both the Union and State Governments across the country scramble their resources to prevent the transmission from slipping into community transmission stage, the sheer apathy of the Shaheen Bagh demonstration and its organizers to the difficulty faced by the country shows that it is just a facade to mask the insidious agenda of destroying India’s peace and tranquility.