Bootlegger, 10 others held for pre-wedding revelry

Surat: After a video of the farewell party of a police inspector went viral, many videos of violation of Covid-19 guidelines have surfaced. A bootlegger and his 10 associates were arrested after a video of a pre-marriage function went viral on Thursday night.
Police arrested Kalu Patel alias Kalu Dundi and others, who were present at the event at Dundi village in the limits of Pandesara police station, for violation of public notification.
Following the video, police raided the spot and arrested the accused. Patel’s marriage was scheduled on Friday but before it he was arrested by police and later released on bail. Police investigation revealed that the musical function was held at an open plot near Patel’s home. In another video a cop Mahavir Makwana, a lok rakshak police constable in Puna police station, is seen standing from the sunroof of an SUV, which also had firecrackers mounted on it. Voices of many people were also heard in the background in the video shot on the night of May 26.
“The function was held in a farm in the limits of Kamrej police station in Surat district. I have asked for clarification from the constable,” said V U Gadariya, police inspector, Puna police station.
“We have started the process of registering an offence against the constable. He will be booked for violation of public notification,” said C M Jadeja, deputy superintendent of police, Surat.
In another viral video a man was caught snatching the mobile phone of a man near Katargam Darwaja. The mobile snatcher was later held by a traffic brigade jawan.“It was claimed that he was caught while escaping after snatching a mobile but the person whose mobile was snatched was not found,” said a police officer in Chowk Bazar police station.