Surat: Five held for organising mass prayer

Five males from Muslim neighborhood have been arrested in Surat for allegedly organising a mass prayer on May 6 night time violating the police commissioner’s notification, which prohibits mass gathering as a result of Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Rander police, on May 6 night time round 40 Muslim youths gathered at Al Noor residency at Tadwadi and have been providing namaz.
Police then stopped the prayer and later arrested its organisers — Ashfak Navivala, Aslam Nathani, Ashraf Khimani, Vahab Godhil and Noman Vadharia, all residents of Al Noor residency.

Rander police mentioned that the accused have been arrested underneath IPC sections 188, 269, and underneath the related sections of Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Disease Act.