File picture of former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath.
Kamal Nath, a former chief minister was charged below a number of sections of National Disaster Management Act 2005, the official stated.
- PTI Bhopal
- Last Updated:May 23, 2021, 22:57 IST
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An FIR was registered towards Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Sunday for allegedly creating panic over the coronavirus pandemic by way of his remarks, a police official stated. The case towards him was registered based mostly on a criticism lodged by Bhopal BJP district president Sumeet Pachouri and two BJP MLAs- Vishwas Sarang and Rameshwar Sharma-, amongst others, he stated. Nath, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, was charged below part 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the IPC and part 54 (making or circulating a false alarm or warning as to catastrophe or its severity or magnitude, resulting in panic) of National Disaster Management Act 2005, the official stated.
The FIR was registered on the Crime Branch police station, Bhopal, he stated. About the premise on which the case towards Nath was filed, Bhopal Headquarter Superintendent of Police, Ramji Shrivastav, stated the motion was taken based mostly on the criticism and two movies supplied by the complainants in a pen drive.
Investigation into the case goes on, he stated, with out giving any additional particulars. In the criticism, the BJP leaders alleged that Nath had stated in his press convention at Ujjain on Saturday that, Coronavirus, which has unfold on the planet, is being generally known as the Indian variant of the virus. Kamal Nath’s assertion at this second of disaster is creating confusion and defaming the nation internationally, the criticism stated. It added that Nath has disobeyed the World Health Organization (WHO) tips to stem COVID-19 and his act quantities to sedition in response to IPC.
Besides, the criticism additionally stated Nath’s “false allegations” that the federal government was hiding the true variety of deaths occurred because of coronavirus quantity to creating concern and falls below the class of legal offence.
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