Police file FIR against 104 people for taking out Juloos-e-Mohammadi procession

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Times News Network
Kanpur: Police on Wednesday registered FIR against 104 people for taking out the Juloos-e-Mohammadi procession on the occasion of Barawafat in Jajmau on Tuesday despite the ban imposed on taking out any procession. A case has been registered against four named persons and 100 unidentified persons.
According to ACP Cantt MS Pathak, it had been decided in the meeting of the religious leaders with the police officials that this year the Juloos-e-Mohammadi procession would not be taken out on the occasion of Barawafat but despite that a large number of people took out a procession on Tuesday. Police tried to stop them but none paid heed, he said.
On Wednesday, Jajmau outpost in-charge Sukhram Singh filed a complaint against Hashim Babar, Zubair Qasai, residents of Dargah Sharif, Hamza, a resident of Dargah Sharif and Abdul Habib, a resident of Jajmau's Jinnaton Wali Masjid and 100 unidentified persons.
According to the police out-post incharge, the four named persons were leading the procession and provoked people to join it at the Purani Chungi area.
A case has been registered against the accused under the Epidemic Act, Disaster Management Act, sections 188, 269, 270 and 271 of IPC, he said. "We are now zeroing in on the unidentified people with the help of the video footage," he added.
To recall, the Chamanganj police on late Tuesday night had booked three named and several unidentified persons in connection with the Juloos-e-Mohammadi procession taken out on Tuesday despite the ban imposed in view of the Covid-19 guidelines.