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Poonam Pandey detained for violating lockdown

| @indiablooms | May 11, 2020, at 11:35 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Mumbai Police on Sunday detained model-turned-actress Poonam Pandey for allegedly violating the lockdown imposed by the Centre to control COVID-19 outbreak.

Poonam and another person, who was with her,were later released after notice.

The car, in which they were travelling, was reportedly seized.

Her friend was identified as Sam Ahamad Bombay, 46, a film director and a resident of Bandra (West). They were roaming around in a BMW car on Sunday around 8.05pm, reported Hindustan Times.

Sangramsingh Nishandar, deputy commissioner of police, zone 1 confirmed to the newspaper that Pandey and her friend were detained and later released for lockdown violation.  

A case has been registered against the actress and her freind at Marine Drive police station under sections 188 and 269 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the National Disaster Management Act.  

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