BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court Tuesday chose the Belagavi city police commissioner to work because of his failure to enroll a single FIR in connection with a enormous BJP rally held at town on January17 in which Covid-19 protocols, such as wearing of masksthat were flouted. Union home minister Amit Shah had attended the rally held at the run up to the Lok Sabha byelection into the Belagavi constituency. After assessing the affidavit filed by K Thyagarajan, commissioner of police, Belagavi town, a division bench led by chief prosecution Abhay Shreeniwas Oka noted the officer is totally oblivious and ignorant of the terms of the Epidemic Diseases Amendment Act. The court has directed him to file an original affidavit. The bench said that the commissioner acted softly and, relying upon a few photos, recovered Rs 20,900 as punishment and seemed to be happy with this. The court was acting on a request filed by National Human Rights Protection and Corruption Crime Control Commission Trust, Belagavi. It stated the rally on January 17 was attended by Amit Shah and main minister BS Yediyurappa amongst others. Over 1.5 lakh people attended the rally and standards regarding sporting masks and societal norms were thrown into the end.
Karnataka high court Brings up Belagavi top Earners for Offenses at Shah rally in January
