Nearly 400 BJP workers booked for violating Covid norm during protest in Thane’s Kalyan
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Nearly 400 BJP workers booked for violating Covid norm during protest in Thane’s Kalyan

Dombivli MLA Ravindra Chavan is among those who have been booked. However, no protesters have been arrested who took out the march Thursday.

   
BJP flags | Representational image | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

BJP flags | Representational image | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Thane: A case was registered against some 400 BJP functionaries for holding a protest march in Kalyan in violation of COVID-19 norms, police said on Saturday.

The protest march took place between Datta Nagar and Dombivali Sub Divisional office on Thursday and among those booked are MLA Ravindra Chavan, an official said.

The case has been registered under IPC, Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Diseases Act provisions but no arrest has been made as yet, he added.


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