Eleven persons, including a BJP corporator, were detained at Panvel in Raigad district of Maharashtra after they were found assembled at one place for a birthday celebration despite the ongoing lockdown, police said.
The incident took place on Friday night. All of them hadgathered at the bungalow of Ajay Bahira, the BJP corporator in Panvel MunicipalCorporation (PMC), they said.
“The police received a tip-off that some people havegathered on the terrace of the corporator’s bungalow to celebrate his birthday.A police team rushed to the spot and detained 11 persons, including thecorporator, when the celebration was on,” senior inspector of PanvelPolice Station, Ajaykumar Landge, said.
All of them were booked under IPC sections 188 (disobedienceto order duly promulgated by public servant) and 269 (negligent act likely tospread infection of disease dangerous to life) and other relevant laws, headded.