Vadodara: Former mayor arrested for crowded birthday celebration

VADODARA: Former mayor and BJP leader Sunil Solanki was arrested by the Sayajigunj police on Friday for flouting Covid-19 guidelines during his birthday bash. Solanki was booked on Thursday along with nine others for not wearing mask and not following social distancing at celebrations.
“Solanki was arrested and later granted bail from the police station,” said S G Solanki, Sayajigunj police inspector.
On Wednesday evening, the former Mayor had organized a cake cutting ceremony with large number of his supporters at the city BJP office in Sayajigunj. His supporters were jubilant as Solanki, who turned 50, was recently appointed as BJP’s city unit general secretary. At the party office, many party workers turned up to greet him and some even brought cakes.
The video of Solanki with one group of supporters went viral on Thursday wherein he and all others had neither wore face masks nor were they following social distancing norms.
Solanki had later said that the gathering shouldn’t have taken place. The police on Thursday had registered a case against 10 persons, including Solanki, for flouting the notification as well as under Epidemic Diseases Act.
Six people seen in the video were arrested on Thursday but the cops didn’t find Solanki at his home. Solanki said on Friday that no one should flout the Covid-19 guidelines.