Director Ram Gopal Verma calls Kumbh mela a “corona atom bomb”

New Delhi: Ram Gopal Verma has courted trouble this time by calling Maha Kumbh Mela as the ‘corona atom bomb.’

In a series of tweets, he has stated how a large congregation at Kumbh Mela could result in a COVID-19 surge. The director wrote, “What you are seeing is not Kumbh mela but its corona atom bomb…I wonder who will b made accountable for this viral explosion.”

Further to account his tweets, he shared a news article stating the number of COVID positive cases at Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.