The Ambikapur police on Monday booked a former corporator and the director of a city-based hotel for holding a marriage party in Ambikapur, police said.
“Director of Hotel Grand Basant KK Agrawal and Irfan Siddiqui were booked for violating Section 144 and Chhattisgarh Epidemic Act,” superintendent of police (SP) Surguja Ashutosh Singh said.
After getting information about the gathering on Sunday, the district administration had reached hotel and tried to persuade them for not holding the program, however, the organizers were adamant, following which the police had to intervene, officials said.
They have been booked under Sections 188, 269 and 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 3 of the Chhattisgarh Epidemic Act, 2020, the SP added.
Meanwhile, police also said that both the bride and groom had returned from the USA more than a month back.
Following the detection of a COVID-19 positive case in Raipur, Section 144 was imposed across the state.
Public places have been shut down, inter-state vehicular traffic has been restricted. Rail movement has also been halted until March 31.