Gir Somnath: The police registered fir against the marathon organizer on Sunday in the Gir Somnath Gujarat district where around 500 people participated without maintaining social distance or wearing facial masks, an official said.
According to the latest Gujarat government soup, no more than 400 people are permitted to gather for social, political or religious events, given the increasing case of Covid-19.
However, around 500 people gathered during the marathon organized by Bharat Vikas Parishad (a social organization) in the veraval city in the morning, a official said from the Veraval police station.
The participants did not wear facial masks or maintained social distance, which violated the Covid-19 guidelines set by the state and notifications issued by the district collector, the official said.
A case was registered against the event organizer, Kalpesh Shah, under the Indian Criminal Code section 188 (disobedience to order properly announced by civil servants) and 270 (malignant actions likely to spread infectious diseases), as well as the provisions of the actions of epidemic diseases and actions Disaster management, he said.
Gujarat has seen a sharp increase in the case of Covid-19 daily, with 5,677 new cases reported on Saturday, increasing the calculation of state infections to 8,55,929.
The state has also reported more than 200 cases of omicron variants that are very contagious from Covid-19.
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