Punjab, the state police said. Among those booked include 189 owners of shops, dhabas, ahaatas, hotels, restaurants, clubs who were found flouting the limit of customers admissible in premises and night curfew timings.
In view of the spiking cases, Punjab has imposed a ban on all social, political, religious and cultural gatherings. The state government had also announced that all malls, shops, markets, bars, cinema halls, gyms, spas, coaching centres and sports complexes in the state will stay closed till 30 April.All weekly markets will also be closed, it said, as per the new guidelines which were issued on Monday.