Manipur man booked for urging people not to take part in PM's lights-out call

    Imphal, Apr 6 (PTI) Case was filed against a man in
Imphal after a purported audio clip of him urging people not
to follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's lights-out call went
viral on social media, police said on Monday.
    Yumnan Devjit, an entrepreneur who is in his early
30s, urged people not to heed to the prime minister's appeal
as it will lead to a surge in the load of the power grid,
resulting in a nuclear-like explosion in the country, they
said.
    He further said in the clip that the prime minister's
appeal will lead to damage to electrical appliances, besides
transformers, power sub-station and other installations,
police said.
    Officials said he has been booked under relevant
sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 as his action
amounted to refusal to comply with any direction given by or
on behalf of the central government, as well as circulating a
false alarm or warning as to disaster or its severity or
magnitude, leading to panic.
    Devjit is yet to be arrested, they said.
    Modi had on Friday urged the people to switch off the
lights of their homes and light up lamps, candles or mobile
phone torches for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5 to display
the country's "collective resolve" to defeat coronavirus. PTI
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