Maharashtra cops file case against Wadhawans for flouting Covid-19 lockdown

According to the complaint, the Wadhawan family had no medical or family emergency to visit the place and they had not obtained any permission in this regard

An offence has been registered against DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan and 21 others, including their family members, for travelling to a hill station in violation of prohibitory orders during the coronavirus lockdown, officials told PTI on Friday.

The offence under relevant sections of the IPC and the Disaster Management Act, one of them related to disobedience of  lawful order, was filed at the Mahabaleshwar Police Station in the Satara district of Maharashtra.

Wadhawan family members, along with others, were detained by civic officials on Thursday from their Diwan Villa farm house in Mahabaleshwar, a popular hill station located