Hotel owner arrested in Banihal for violating prohibitory order over Covid-19

A hotel owner wasarrested in Banihal area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir for violatingthe prohibitory order issued by the magistrate in view of Covid-19 outbreak,police said on Sunday.

Givingdetails,  SHO Banihal, Syed Abid Bukhari told Greater Kashmir that theyreceived information from a reliable source that a British citizen had stayedat Chanir hotel near Ramban railway station Banihal during the interveningnight of 19 and 20 March.

   

“The owner of thehotel, namely Ajaz Ahmad, son of Ghulam Hassan Naik, a resident of KaskootTehsil Banihal violated the district magistrate’s order in which he haddirected the closure of all hotels in the district in view of Covid-19outbreak,” said Bukhari.

He said a case videFIR number 48/2020, under section 188 IPC stands registered at Police StationBanihal. “Investigation has been taken up and the accused has been arrested,”he added.

In a drasticprecautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus, the Ramban districtmagistrate on Tuesday invoked the provisions of the National DisasterManagement Act, ordering the suspension of public transport in the hillydistrict and closure of hotels and restaurants along the Jammu-Srinagarhighway.

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