AHMEDABAD: 'De taali' is a common friendly gesture of seeking an Indian high five. Here, an extended hand is obliged with a pat of the hand by another person acknowledging something witty or extra-ordinary. This habit, which is a matter of reflex with many Gujaratis, has landed four in Gandhinagar in trouble.

In times of coronavirus when hand is considered the biggest carrier of the virus, cops did not take kindly to four men talking and slapping hands in Vavol village of Gandhinagar. The group of men aged between 32 and 50 were caught on camera of the drone deployed by cops to impose lockdown during the weekend. Cops registered offence against them under section 188 for violating prohibitory orders and spreading disease under the Epidemic Act.

Local crime branch cops on Friday got an input that some people in Vavol village were flouting lockdown norms. Cops launched a drone in the area to check people roaming outside.

When the drone flew above a locality called Tarpojvas near Surya cinema in Vavol, four people were captured chatting to each other. On observing closely, the cops also found the four giving each other desi high fives.

Images captured, the cops identified the men and took them to Sector 7 police station of Gandhinagar where they were charged.

The FIR filed with Sector-7 police states that the Union government had on March 24 ordered lockdown in entire country and the home department of Gujarat government issued a notification imposing lockdown in state. The four persons defied the lockdown order by chatting with each other near a village panchayat building.

In another case, Bopal police of Ahmedabad district have registered a case of violation of notification when four friends were caught talking to each other while casually touching each other.