More than 20 SP members booked in Lucknow for violating COVID-19 guidelines

More than 20 Samajwadi Party activists have been booked for allegedly violating coronavirus guidelines and gathering for a protest in Muzaffarnagar, police said on Saturday.

The SP members, including former Muzaffarnagar district president Rashid Malik and youth leader Shamsher Malik, have burnt the effigy of the Uttar Pradesh government in protest against the baton charge on activists in Lucknow.

A case has been registered against 20 activists, Kotwali police station in-charge Anil Kaparwan said.