FIR lodged after video of people dancing on stage goes viral

Revised
Gorakhpur: A day after a video in which husband of a district panchayat member and others were seen dancing with girls on a song related to the Samajwadi Party went viral on social media, the police on Thursday lodged an FIR against seven named and several unidentified persons on charge of flouting Covid-19 protocol and other offences.
On the instructions of SSP Gorakhpur, Campierganj police lodged FIR against seven named and dozens of unidentified people.
As per reports, during the marriage of Baledeen Yadav’s daughter in Baijnathpur village under Campierganj police station limit, a dance performance was organised, The district panchayat member, ward number 17, Renu Yadav’s husband Shailendra Yadav also attended the marriage ceremony and danced with the girls on stage without following Covid-19 protocol. When others tried to stop him, he started arguing and fighting with them along with his supporters.
On the instructions of SSP Dinesh Kumar P, the Campierganj police registered a case against seven named and many unidentified people under section 147 (punishment for rioting), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (break to the public peace), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life), 270 (whoever malignantly does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) of IPC and Disaster Management Act, on Thursday.
The seven persons booked in this connection are panchayat member representative Shailendra Yadav, village head Vikram Yadav, Sadhusharan, Ramashankar Yadav, Baledeen Yadav, Amit Yadav and Sumit Yadav.
“In the viral video, people could be seen dancing without following Covid protocol, which is a violation of law during the pandemic time. An FIR has been lodged against those who participated and also those who arranged the dance. Legal action would be taken against them,” the SSP told TOI on Thursday.