Jimmy Sheirgill Booked In Ludhiana For Violating Covid Safety Protocols While Shooting A Web-Series

Bollywood actor Jimmy Sheirgill has been booked in Ludhiana for violating COVID-19 protocols and safety guidelines while shooting for a web series in the city. The permission to shoot was till 8 pm, but the actor and the team of the series continued well beyond the time and into curfew hours.

Other than Jimmy Sheirgill, director Eeshwar Nivas and 35 others had also been booked. Ludhiana Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Varyam Singh told ANI, "A case has been registered against the actor Jimmy Sheirgill. He only had the permission to shoot the film till 8:00 pm but a case of violating COVID-19 guidelines has been registered against him. In fact, the shooting went on even after 8 pm, two hours after curfew was enforced. When the police were notified about the same, they reached the spot and found more people at the location of the shoot. A case was later filed against Jimmy and other people."

A police team reached the spot after receiving a tip-off and found over a hundred people at the site. A case under section 188 and other relevant sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act has been registered. There has been no word from Sheirgill or his team yet.