India News | Maha: MNS Activists Detained for Gathering to Perform Puja

Aurangabad, Aug 5 (PTI) Seven Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists were detained by the CIDCO police for allegedly gathering to perform a puja in TV Centre area of Aurangabad city on Wednesday, police said.

A video of the detention that took place in the afternoon hours went viral on social media.

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At least seven MNS activists, including district president Suhas Dashrathe, had gathered to perform a puja to celebrate the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, inspector Ashok Giri of CIDCO police station said.

They were detained for a few hours, as the gathering was not permitted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.

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