NE NEWS SERVICE
RAJKOT, AUG 11
The day Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had hiked the fine for not wearing masks to Rs 1,000, wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja entered into an argument with a police constable in Rajkot after the latter asked her the reason for not wearing a mask, police said on Tuesday.
The cricketer was driving the car at the time of the incident on Monday night. While he was wearing a mask, his wife Rivaba wasn’t, a senior officer said.
જુગાર રમતાં ઇસમને પકડતી રાજકોટ શહેર ’બી’ ડિવિઝન પોલીસ #RajkotCityPolice #SafeRajkot #rajkotpolice #IndiaFightsCorona #coronavirus #fightagainstcorona @dgpgujarat @CollectorRjt pic.twitter.com/I3P365EiDA
— Rajkot City Police (@CP_RajkotCity) August 11, 2020
The cricketer’s wife had a heated argument with head constable Sonal Gosai when the latter stopped her car at Kisanpara Chowk after noticing that she was not wearing a mask, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Manoharsinh Jadeja said.
જુગાર રમતાં ઇસમને પકડતી રાજકોટ શહેર ’બી’ ડિવિઝન પોલીસ #RajkotCityPolice #SafeRajkot #rajkotpolice #IndiaFightsCorona #coronavirus #fightagainstcorona @dgpgujarat @CollectorRjt pic.twitter.com/BD8TNXtR3W
— Rajkot City Police (@CP_RajkotCity) August 11, 2020
“Our primary investigation has revealed that Rivaba Jadeja was not wearing a mask. While it is a matter of investigation why the issue escalated, we have learnt that both the parties entered into a verbal spat,” the DCP said.
Following the argument, Gosai complained of uneasiness and was taken to a nearby hospital, he said.
She was discharged after half an hour and is fine now, the officer said, adding that no FIR has been lodged as yet.
Cop issuing challans for not wearing masks fined as he himself was without one
In Bahraich, a police officer issuing challans to people for not wearing masks here, even as he himself did not have one on, got a taste of his own medicine when the superintendent of police pulled him up for it.
The incident took place on Monday when Baundi police station SHO Subhash Chandra Singh was handing out challans to villagers, cyclists, and pedestrians and also advising them to wear masks.
Some villagers claimed they were fined even though they had their faces covered with ”angocha” towels.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police Vipin Mishra got to know that the SHO was issuing challans for not wearing masks, while a photograph showed him without one himself.
The SHO was, subsequently, fined Rs 500, officials said.
“Wearing a face mask protects a person, his family members, and the public (from the disease). If our officials do not adhere to these basic points, then what message we are going to give to the society,” Mishra said on Tuesday.
“Through this challan, we have tried to send a message to all police officials and personnel in the district that they are not above the public. If we commit any fault, then we should also come within the ambit of the same law,” he added.
