FIR against Majnu Ka Tila gurdwara management for violating prohibitory orders

Police Thursday registered a case against the management of the gurdwara in Majnu Ka Tila for violating prohibitory orders and the 21-day lockdown norms.

New Delhi: An FIR has been registered against the Majnu Ka Tila gurdwara management on Thursday for allegedly spreading infection of coronavirus and violating prohibitory orders and the 21-day lockdown norms.

According to sources, over 200 people were evacuated from a gurdwara in Majnu ka Tila area on Wednesday, where they claim to have been stranded since after the lockdown.

"These migrants were from Punjab, who wanted to go home but could not due to the lockdown. They came to the gurdwara on the evening of March 29. They wanted to catch a bus to Punjab which plies from Majnu ka Tila, but since there was no arrangement for buses, they stayed back," said, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, President, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).

"I had informed the Punjab Chief Minister on March 30 about the same through a tweet," said Sirsa.

Police said the first information report (FIR) has been registered under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease danger­ous to life), and 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code.

Sirsa has also slammed Delhi Govt for FIR saying Delhi Govt is trying to save its officials who didn't act on time despite informing.