DSP Gurvinder Singh from Rajpura said that at around 11am on Saturday morning the police station at Banur was informed that GippyGrewal was shooting his upcoming film in village Karala in Banur. 100 peoplewere gathered during the shoot. On this information, as soon as SHO of PoliceStation Banur, SI Balwinder Singh arrived with his team on the spot, a stampedeensued.
Many people ran away from the spot. The police startedquestioning Punjabi singer and actor Gippy Grewal, about the details of peoplepresent in the shoot and asked him to show the documents of approval to conductthe shooting. To this, the actor said the documents are yet not approved butthey have applied for permission. He also claimed that today is the last day oftheir shoot.
After this, seven members from the crew, including GippyGrewal were arrested. A case has been registered against them under 188 IPC,Section 51 Disaster Management Act 2005 and Section 3 Epidemic Diseases Act1897 in Police Station, Banur. The DSP said that ‘it is a crime to gather so manypeople in violation of the Covid Guidelines’. Even if Gippy had the approval ofthe shooting from above, it was not effective in the lockdown. He said thataction would also be taken against the owner of the place which was being usedfor the shooting.
Earlier on 28 April, actor Jimmy Shergill was also arrestedin Ludhiana on charges of violation of Corona Guideline. During the shooting,social distancing, as well as other rules of Covid, have fiercely torn apart. Thepolice arrested Jimmy Shergill as well as his accomplices. However, all of themwere later released on bail by the police.