Gujarat reported 12,955 new COVID cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 6,33,427. There were 133 people who deceased, pushing the death count to 7912 people in the state as per Union Health Ministry data.
The state government last week laid down guidelines directing all religious places to remain shut. Additionally, night curfew is in effect in the wake of the deteriorating pandemic situation in several areas across the state.
This was the second such incident this week. A crowd of women devotees gathered at Navapura village in Ahmedabad’s Sanand district, flouting COVID-19 norms in large numbers, to offer prayers at the Baliyadev temple on Tuesday, 4 May.
The women were seeking to ‘eradicate’ COVID through the religious congregation, news agency PTI reported.
“As soon as we came to know about the incident, we rushed to the place. We have filed complaints in both Navapura and Nidhrada. We have arrested the Navapura Sarpanch, the DJ and the event organiser in Navapura. We…