Eight booked for offering Namaz in Kannur, four held and shifted to COVID-19 observation centre

Kannur, Apr 21 () Cases were registered againsteight people who offered namaz at a mosquein New Mahe inKannur violating the stringent lockdown norms, police said onTuesday.

They had offered prayers at the New Mahe JummaMasjid at 5.30 am.

On seeing police, four of them fled, while theremaining, including two in their sixties, were arrested andtaken in an ambulance to a COVID-19care centre in Kannur,police said.

Kannur district, which reported 10 coronaviruscases on Tuesday, has emergedas thelatest hotspot for thevirus in the state and government has put in stringentmeasures to enforce lockdown with three Superintendents ofPolice put in charge of the northern district.

Police haswarned of stern action, includingarrest, against those stepping out of their homesunnecessarily. COR UD BNWELCOME BNWELCOME