Police Cases Booked Against Bibi Ka Alam Procession In Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Six cases were registered by the Hyderabad City Police for violations of lockdown guidelines during the Bibi ka Alam procession on Sunday afternoon.

The cases were registered in the Mirchowk, Chaderghat, Rein Bazaar, Dabeerpura and Charminar police stations following complaints made by police officers who were on bandobast duty and noticed the violations.

The police have invoked the Disaster Management Act 1950, The Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 and Government orders issued for Covid-19 pandemic control against the persons who had violated the orders.

A few thousand people had marched along with the Bibi ka Alam on Sunday when it was brought out from the Bibi ka Alawa as a centuries-old practice. The Alam (standard) was carried in a DCM vehicle through Dabeerpura, Yakutpura Road, Alijah Kotla, Charminar, Gulzar Houz, Mandi Mir Alam, Darulshifa before culminating at Chaderghat.

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