The UP police have booked singer Kanika Kapoor for negligenceand committing acts that are likely to spread disease dangerous to life aftershe attended at least three gatherings in Lucknow, including a party wherepolitical leaders were present, and tested positive for the new coronavirus, anofficial said.
The FIR was registered at Sarojini Nagar police station onFriday based on a complaint filed by the Lucknow chief medical officer, saidPolice Commissioner Surjit Pandey.
Pandey said Kapoor has been charged under IPC Sections 269(negligent acts likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 270(malignant acts likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 188(disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).
Kapoor is said to have visited at least three gatherings indifferent areas of Lucknow.
She has become the first Bollywood celebrity to testpositive for the deadly virus in the country and has said she is under completequarantine and medical care.
In a statement on Instagram, the 41-year-old ‘Baby Doll’singer said she developed signs of flu in the last five days.
On Friday, former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Rajesaid she and her son BJP MP Dushyant Singh have gone into self-quarantine afterattending the party where Kapoor was present.
Singh is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, which held its last meeting on March 18, where senior aviation ministry officials were also present.
The aviation ministry has said its officials, who came inclose proximity with Singh on March 18 in Parliament, have gone for selfquarantine as a precautionary measure.
P S Kharola, the civil aviation secretary, had attended the meeting and has gone for self quarantine. Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal, who too was present in the meeting, has also gone for self-isolation, sources said.
“Officers of the Ministry of Civil Aviation who attended the Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on March 18 and came in close proximity with referred Honourable Member of Parliament have gone into self quarantine from Friday evening as a precautionary measure,” the ministry tweeted Friday night.
Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh has alsotaken a test for coronavirus as he was at the Lucknow party attended by Kapoor.