SRINAGAR: At least 20 residents of Zaingeer belt in Baramulla’s Sopore area, who had violated lockdown orders and attended the funeral of Sajad Dar — the Jaish terrorist killed in a 14-hour-long anti-insurgency operation on Wednesday — were arrested during police raids late on Thursday.While handing over Dar’s body to his kin, police had advised them to follow the Covid-19 protocol and stay indoors, and the family had even given in writing that they would abide by the same. However, not only did they turn a deaf ear to the instructions, but were also accompanied by hundreds of co-villagers who violated social distancing norms and thronged the slain terrorist’s funeral.Following this, cops had registered an FIR against the lockdown violators and later identified them from videos of the funeral procession circulated on social media. At least 20 Zaingeer residents were arrested in police raids in the area late on Thursday and booked under IPC section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant). A senior police officer said more videos of the funeral procession are being examined to identify other participants. Further arrests are expected soon from other villages in the belt.Cops said the hundreds of mourners exposed the entire population in the area to the pandemic by violating the lockdown orders issued in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.