Karnataka: Bridegroom booked for violating lockdown rules

MANGALURU: A bridegroom and some of his relatives were booked for allegedly hosting a party without maintaining social distance and violating the lockdown rules at Ammunje in Bantwal taluk. Police have booked a suo-motu case after the video clips of the party went viral on social media.
Bantwal Rural police said they have booked Tilak Poojary, bridegroom, and others under IPC sections 269 and 270 and Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance Act. Based on the video, police booked a case on Sunday, even when the incident happened on July 1, the day Tilak got married. After the ceremony, the guests — numbering more than the stipulated 50 — had violated the lockdown rules for the party.