He was earlier booked for violating social distancing norms and refusing to get admitted to a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19
BENGALURU| On Sunday afternoon, JDS corporator Imran Pasha’s supporters showered him with flowers and burst fireworks in the middle of the road after he got discharged from Victoria Hospital causing a traffic jam in and around Mysuru road. Following the incident, Pasha was arrested by Bengaluru Police for allegedly flouting lockdown guidelines in a containment zone. He was earlier booked for violating social distancing norms and refusing to get admitted to a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.
In his welcome process, Pasha was seen stood through his car’s sunroof to wave and greet them as they tailed his white Mercedes on two-wheelers and this procession led to traffic jams in and around Mysuru road.
The Bengaluru police reached his house and arrested Pasha and booked him under the Disaster Management Act 2005. Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao also rushed to Padarayanapura and imposed prohibitory orders in the area, which comes under JJ Nagar police station limits, for five days and also deployed two platoons of KSRP in the area.
Bhaskar Rao said, “We have arrested Imran Pasha for violating the Disaster Management Act and we are investigating the incident.” Chamarajpet MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed supported the police action. “I am happy to hear that Imran Pasha has recovered. However, I condemn the rally held by him. Action must be taken.”
Padarayanapura ward is one of the containment zones in Bengaluru with 67 cases till Sunday evening. It was also in the news recently after violence broke out on April 20 in the area when a mob vandalised barricades put up by the police when civic body officials and health workers arrived to take primary and secondary contacts of COVID-19 patients to quarantine centres. At least 54 people were arrested by the police after the incident and out of the five were tested positive for COVID-19.
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