Case on Marriott for running a cafe during lockdown

A case has been registered against the director of JW Marriott on SB Road, following a report published in Mirror about how this plush hotel was running its cafe, violating lockdown norms in the process. The outlet was entertaining customers from different parts of the city, with many people huddling n a table without masks; thus, butchering the prescribed social distancing regulations.

Cops have said that they had received complaints about JW Marriott from two to three people. The Mirror report prompted them to take the issue in all seriousness. The officers checked the CCTV footage of the hotel, wherein different patrons were seen entering and exiting the premises at different patrons were seen entering and exiting the premises at different times. Cops had also found more than five people sitting at a table.

According to the rule, the hotel can serve only 30 customers who have been staying at the facility.Case has been registered against the hotel director.

Verma has been booked in accordance with section 3 of the Epidemic diseases Act, 1897, section 51 (1) (b) of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005, and the Maharashtra COVID-19 Rules, 2020.

A case has also been registered under Indian Panel Code sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life).