A case was registered beneath Epidemic Diseases Act (Representational)
Shillong:
A case was filed on Monday in opposition to 41 individuals who attended a marriage, violating the COVID-19 protocol, officers stated.
The marriage ceremony was held in Guwahati in Assam on June 27 and a reception was in Shillong on July 2.
Magisterial inquiries have revealed that every one the 41 who attended the marriage and the reception violated lockdown protocols and obtained interstate passes on doubtful grounds, officers stated, including that up to now 10 of them have examined optimistic for COVID-19.
East Khasi Hills district Deputy Commissioner Matsiewdor W Nongbri lodged a police grievance following a course from the state authorities, they stated.
“The complaint was received from the deputy commissioner against residents of Shillong who attended the wedding at the Green Wood Resort in Khanapara in Guwahati on June 27,” East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Sylvester Nongtynger instructed PTI.
He stated the case was registered at Sardar police station beneath related sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Meghalaya Epidemic Diseases COVID-19 Regulation, 2020.
Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong stated the federal government won’t spare anybody who takes the administration for a experience and the legislation will take its personal course.
“We have directed the deputy commissioner to lodge an FIR against the violators and charge them accordingly,” he stated.
Mr Tynsong stated an worker of the North Eastern Hill University at its Tura campus within the Garo Hills area was additionally charged with violating lockdown protocols.