Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam members booked for violating lockdown norms

TRICHY: The Trichy city police booked 237 functionaries and members of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam for violating Covid-19 lockdown norms. TMMK functionaries and members hoisted the organization’s flag in seven places in the city to celebrate its 25th anniversary on Friday.
They hoisted the flag near Crawford mosque, in State Bank Colony, Ramachandra Nagar, MGR Nagar, Nethaji Nagar, Natharsa mosque and at the Alwar Thoppu bus stop.
The police booked them on charges of unlawful assembly, disobeying the curfew promulgated by the government and acting negligently to spread infectious disease endangering human life during the Covid-19 pandemic.
They have been slapped with the cases under sections of the IPC, the Epidemic Disease Act, the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act and the Disaster Management Act.