Badaun: While India continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, visuals of enormous gatherings are nonetheless being reported from completely different components of the nation. In a brand new occasion, a big congregation was witnessed on the funeral of an Islamic cleric, Qazi Hazrat Abdul Hameed Mohammed Salimul Qadri, within the Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh.
Thousands of followers of the cleric have been seen flouting social distancing norms and different Covid protocols as they gathered collectively to attend the funeral.
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Salimul Qadri, of Dargah Alia Qadria had died early morning on Sunday on the age of 65. Several movies which have been shared on social media present hundreds of people that joined his funeral procession with out sporting a masks and sustaining social distancing.
Here’s a video shared by a Twitter person.
There was additionally a ruckus among the many followers of Qazi Hazrat Abdul Hameed Mohammed Salimul Qadri, over taking his mortal stays for the funeral.
The attendees thronged the madrasa Alia Qadria from Monday morning. Despite the Covid-induced curfew in place until May 17, the gang on the funeral procession continued to swell with the police failing to stop the gathering.
Thousands of individuals from all around the district are reported to have attended the funeral.
The police have filed a case in opposition to unknown individuals after alleged movies of the funeral went viral on social media.Â
Additional Superintendent of Police, Pravin Chauhan, mentioned that because of it being a spiritual matter and a funeral the police maintained restraint. But a case has now been registered in opposition to unknown individuals and an investigation is underway.
Releasing a video assertion, the police have ensured that strict motion can be taken in opposition to violators caught utilizing accessible proof.
