Maha: Wedding 'organiser' for MLA's sons booked for Covid-19 norms violation

Police have registered a case against an organiser of the marriage functions of two sons of an MLA in Maharashtras Solapur district for alleged violation of Covid19 norms at the event an official said on TuesdayThe marriage ceremonies of the two sons of Rajendra Raut the independent legislator from Barshi town in Solapur were held at the premises of Laxmi Sopan Agriculture Produce Committee there on SundayAs per official guidelines only 50 people are currently allowed to attend a marriage function in the stateHowever according to police 25003000 people allegedly attended the event in Barshi on Sunday and many were seen without masks and violating the social distancing normsMaharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil and some other party leaders were also among the attendeesAlso Read Covid19 305 new cases in Thane 11 more deathsA case has been registered against one Yogesh Pawar whom the police described as the organiser of the event under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code the Disaster Management Act and the Epidemic Diseases ActAs per the FIR while granting permission to Pawar for the event it was informed that not more than 50 people will be allowed to attend the event and all attendees will wear masks and follow the social distancing normsDinanath Katkar a social activist from Barshi expressed surprise over registration of the case against Pawar instead of parents of the brides and groomsThe case has been registered against a person who is not wellknown The case should have been registered against the parents of those who got married and who own the premises where the event was held he saidTalking to PTI Barshi city police stations senior inspector S D Girigosavi said Pawar is one of the directors of the Laxmi Sopan Agriculture Produce Committee on whose premises the event was heldSince he had applied for permission and was the organiser of the ceremony we registered a case against him However we are also considering adding the names of parents of the grooms in the case after checking the legalities he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever