The Amrit Festival of Independence was celebrated with great enthusiasm all over India. Meanwhile, a video of Roorkee's Machhi locality went viral in which fish merchants insulted the tricolor by covering fish with the national flag. As soon as the information was received, the Kotwali Roorkee police immediately registered a case under the Prevention of Insults to National Pride Act and arrested the accused Anwar resident Machi Mohalla Roorkee and further legal action was taken as per rules.