According to reports, the Gubbi police inspector P.M. Nagaraj said, "Jayaram's family members and relatives celebrated his birthday in a house compound at Ankalakuppe village in Gubbi taluk where hundreds of his supporters also gathered to felicitate him." Gubbi in Tumakuru district is 120km northwest of Bengaluru. Jayaram won from the Turuvakare segment in the same district in the May 2018 Assembly elections.
"As Jayaram's birthday coincided with the Hanuman Jayanthi function in the area, food was served to the people who gathered at the Anjaneya Swamy temple in the adjacent Manikuppe village," Nagaraj said.
Denying that the legislator violated the lockdown, Nagaraj said the birthday function was held in a compound at Ankalakuppe whereas free food was served in the temple vicinity at Manikuppa, which is an adjacent village.
"Social distancing was, however, not observed, when food (lemon rice) was served, as the village folk scrambled to grab the food packets," admitted Nagaraj.
As the cases of coronavirus continue to increase it is important to follow the guidelines strictly. In Mumbai, billionaires Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan have also been held due to their violation of the lockdown rules. The family had travelled to their Mahabaleshwar farmhouse despite restrictions on travel during the lockdown