FIR over 'corona puja' in Jharkhand

GARHWA: Police in Majhiaon lodged an FIR on Sunday against unknown persons for promoting “corona puja”. The FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint by Majhiaon circle officer Rakesh Sahay.
Officer in-charge of Majhiaon police station, Yogendra Kumar, said, “An FIR has been lodged against unknown persons for rumour mongering, apart from spreading superstition.”
He added that some people are instigating the women that if they perform “corona puja”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will send Rs 5,000 to their bank accounts. About 250 women were reported to have performed the puja in Bichi and Bodra villages under Majhiaon police station. Similar reports came from villages under Meral block of the district, where women performed the rituals while carrying photocopies of their Aadhaar cards and bank passbooks.