Following the celebrations, the photographs posted by the Birthday attendees on various social media platforms had gone viral.
Vadodara| On Wednesday, Police said that a BJP ward president and seven others were arrested in Vadodara after they were found celebrating a birthday party defying the national lockdown.
The incident occurred late on Tuesday night when those arrested gathered at the residence of Anil Parmar, the BJP president of ward 7, in Tulsiwad area of the city to celebrate his birthday.
The photographs posted by the attendees following the celebrations on various social media sites had gone viral. The photos show the people standing in close proximity to each other, eating cake while posing for the camera.
“They had shared the videos and photographs from which we have identified eight persons so far. We are identifying the rest. All of them have been sent for medical examination as per protocols,” said Karelibaug police inspector RA Jadeja.
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The persons known from the picture and named in the FIR apart from Parmar include Manish Parmar, Nakul Parmar, Dakshesh Parmar, Mehul Solanki, Chandrakant Brahmbre, Rakesh Parmar and Dhaval Parmar.
All of them have been charged under IPC sections 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 270 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).
(Inputs from Indian Express)
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