Kathmandu, April 19
Police in Kapilvastu district of southern Nepal have detained 14 Muslims for attending a prayer session (Namaj) in a group at a local mosque on Sunday.
In its bid to control the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the government has imposed a lockdown barring anyone from attending gatherings. Accordingly, the 14 were detained after they attended a group prayer this afternoon, according to SP Deep Shamsher Rana at the District Police Office.
A police team deployed from Bakbadi Area Police Post had detained them from the mosque in Mayadevi rural municipality-7 of the district. All the detainees are locals.
SP Rana says he is consulting the chief district officer about the action to be taken against them. Currently, they are at Taulihawa Ward Police Office office.
