Kalabuagi/UNI: The local police on Thursday booked 40 people for defying the prohibitory orders and participating in Revannasiddeshwara Annual car festival held at Revoor Village in Chitapur Taluk here.
Superintendent of Police Iada Martin said that cases were booked against 40 people and they would be shortly taken into custody.
He charged that people failed to obey the guidelines right from the beginning.
They failed to maintain social distance, went against rules of more than five people assembling and standing next to each other with out mask or any other precaution taken, he added.
Despite three deaths due to Coronavirus and more than 18 positive cases reported in the district, more than 400 villagers participated in the car festival in Revoor Village which was declared as 'hot spot'.
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