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Gujarat: Over 80 held for participating in 'anti-coronavirus' religious procession

Gujarat: Over 80 held for participating in 'anti-coronavirus' religious procession
Written by Varnika Sharma
(Sourced from PTI)
Edited by Anamica Singh
May 25, 2021, 04:53 pm 2 min read
Gujarat: Over 80 held for participating in 'anti-coronavirus' religious procession
The villagers believed that the procession will prevent coronavirus from affecting their village

More than 80 people were arrested after a social media video showed them participating in a religious procession for performing a ritual to "protect" their village from the scourge of coronavirus in Prantij taluka of Gujarat's Sabarkantha district, police said on Tuesday. Over a hundred people from Lalpur village took out the procession on May 22, a local police official said.

Incident
Procession was followed by a ritual to ward off coronavirus

The villagers took out the procession to perform a ritual with a belief that it will "prevent coronavirus" from affecting their village, the official added. He also said that some members of the procession beat drums while others, including women, carried a "Kalash" or a small pot filled with sacred water on their heads.

FIR
FIR registered against 28 identified and a hundred unidentified people

Police came to know about the incident on Monday after a video went viral on social media, Prantij police inspector PL Vaghela said. "We have registered an FIR against 28 identified and a hundred unidentified people for participating in the procession in violation of the government's notification regarding the coronavirus pandemic. We arrested 83 people in the last two days," the inspector said.

Case
A case was registered against all participants of the procession

A case was registered against all participants, under the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, the Disaster Management Act, and under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code, he said. Two similar incidents took place in Gujarat this month where villagers gathered in large numbers to perform rituals that they believed could send the virus away.

Third time
Two other similar incidents have taken place in Gujarat

Earlier in the month, police had arrested 46 people for taking out a religious procession at a village in Gandhinagar district to "eradicate coronavirus." A video showed 100 men and women, many without masks, participating in the procession. A few days before this, over 500 women had gathered in Navapura village of Ahmedabad in a similar bid. Around 23 people were later arrested.

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Varnika Sharma is a lifestyle writer at NewsBytes. She started her career with NewsBytes and her work has focused on national and lifestyle news. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Bennett University, Noida, and an advanced diploma in Media Laws from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
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Anamica Singh is a lifestyle editor at NewsBytes. Having started as a sports journalist, she has covered entertainment, national and international news over her 14-year-long career. She is experienced in news writing, video production, anchoring, and voiceovers. Her past stints include her time at Mobile ESPN, IANS, and MSN. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Delhi and a postgraduate diploma in journalism from YMCA, Delhi.
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