Video grab of the event in Tharad where social distancing and mask rules went for complete toss
Palanpur: In a throwback to recent incidents of massive peoples gathering in Covid times, hundreds crowded at a ‘daayro (folk programme) in a village of Tharad taluka of Banaskantha district.
The district superintendent of police Tarun Duggal suspended three policemen including police sub-inspector and constable for negligence.
The cops had no inkling of such a large gathering and they swung into action only on Thursday when the video of the event went viral.
According to the police, Dhanji Chaudhary, a farmer, had organized ‘daayro’ as a part of ‘Santvani’ a bhajan programme at Vadgam village on Wednesday night. Over 500 persons turned up for the event and video of the gathering showed that many were not wearing face masks while social distancing was completely absent.