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oi-Madhuri Adnal
Ahmedabad, May 5 : Cocking a snook at COVID-19 norms, a large number of women turned up at a religious event organized in a village in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district to “eradicate coronavirus”, police said on Wednesday, adding 23 people, including the village head, have been arrested.
A video of the incident, which occurred in Navapura village in Sanand taluka on May 3, showed around 500 women carrying water pots on their heads while walking towards a temple. The video grab also shows some men taking these pots to the top of the temple and emptying them.
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After the video went viral on Wednesday, Ahmedabad rural police said appropriate action had already been taken.
In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Gujarat government has already banned all kinds of public gatherings in the state. As of Tuesday, Gujarat”s overall COVID-19 tally stood at 6,20,472 with 7,779 fatalities, the state health department had said.
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