The civic body also issued a show-cause notice against Hotel Sai Leela Grand for violating the protocol by neither informing the civic body nor the police about Karan “escaping quarantine”
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A 25-year-old man was booked recently for allegedly escaping an Andheri (East) hotel where he was put in quarantine after he landed from Africa on March 27.
BMC had filed a complaint with MIDC police against Karan Udasi, an Ulahsnagar resident.
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The civic body also issued a show-cause notice against Hotel Sai Leela Grand for violating the protocol by neither informing the civic body nor the police about Karan “escaping quarantine”. A non-cognizable offence was also registered against Udasi’s sister Piyu for posting a defamatory video against government officials, stated a report in The Times of India.
The hotel too filed a complaint against Piyu over the video and sought action against her for damaging its reputation.
In the video, the sister, who claims to be a singer and music composer on her Instagram page, alleged that her brother was forced to pay Rs 10,000 by the hotel to avoid the mandatory quarantine.
“My brother requested a test at the airport but they wanted him to undergo quarantine in a hotel and bear the expenses of medicines, lodging and boarding. It is unclear why he has to pay for medicines when he does not have any symptoms. He had done two tests which were negative before he landed in Mumbai,” she said in the video.
“We have filed a police complaint against the flyer and a non-cognizable offence has been registered against his sister for the defamatory video,” said assistant municipal commissioner of K-East ward Prash-ant Sapkale.
DCP S Chaitanya, who is also Mumbai Police spokesperson, confirmed that an offence has been registered under IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 269 (negligent act) and under Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act at MIDC police station against Karan. If guilty, he will have to undergo imprisonment for maximum six months.
“Karan Udasi landed in Mumbai after a transit journey of Europe and Dubai. He was asked to undergo the quarantine but he refused,” said an officer from MIDC police station.
BMC’s show-cause notice to the hotel stated: “Why should your licence not be cancelled? Kindly clarify the same and in case of the same not being done in two days your establishment licence will be cancelled.”
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