Punjab: Bollywood actor Jimmy Shergill, National Award-winning director Eeshwar Nivas and 35 others were arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly violating COVID-19 restrictions in Ludhiana, Punjab.
The actor and his crew were filming for the web series 'Your Honour' when the police booked them for not abiding by the nightly curfew from 6 PM to 5 PM.
"150 crew members were shooting for the series at Arya Senior Secondary School in Ludhiana at 8 pm, two hours after curfew had been enforced to check the spread of COVID-19," said Sub-inspector Harjit Singh as reported by Hindustan Times.
However, Rajinder Kumar, principal of Arya Secondary School, responded that the crew had permission from Rakesh Aggarwal (Chief Commissioner of Police) for shooting and that the school was properly sanitised beforehand.
"The production team had sought permission for 10 days between April 23 and May 2 and were shooting at different places on the campus," said Mr Kumar.