Suresh Raina, Guru Randhawa among 34 held during raid on Mumbai club for violating Covid norms

The joint commissioner of police Vishwas Nangre Patil confirmed the raid and said “the people found in the club including staff members were booked for violating Covid-19 norms”

Cricketer Suresh Raina, singer Guru Randhawa and designer Sussanne Khanwere were among 34 people arrested for violating Covid-19 norms on Tuesday following a police raid on a club near the Mumbai airport. They were brought to the local police station and later released.

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Joint police commissioner Vishwas Nangre Patil confirmed the raid. “The people found in the club including staff members were booked for violating Covid-19 norms.”

The club was raided around 3am. Police said 19 of the people arrested had come from Delhi and few were from South Mumbai.

Deputy police commissioner Rajiv Jain, who was a part of the 50-member police party that raided the club, said Raina and Randhawa and Khan’s names are in the First Information Report filed in the case.

The case has been registered including under Indian Penal Code’s Section 188 that pertains to disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant. The club management has been also booked for keeping the establishment open beyond permissible time limit, and violating Covid-related norms like social distancing and mandatory mask wearing.